Country Life October 28 2015
This week's Country Life looks at our history with dogs - and how they won our hearts. Plus the glittering legacy of George IV and how to grow perry pears.


This week in Country Life Magazine
Man and Dog: Queen Victoria’s love of animals influenced the changing attitude towards dogs, as they moved from kennel to kitchen. Jonathan Self charts the rise of Man’s best friend
George IV: Hang the cost: George lV’s expensive, romantic tastes left us a glittering legacy. John Martin Robinson traces the invention and development of Regency taste
Bargain days out: Fieldsports need not cost a fortune, says Ian Valentine, who finds plenty of convivial fieldsports days out for under £100
Growing pears: Merrylegs, Lumberskull and Butt are some of the delightful names for Herefordshire’s old pears, as Peter Clay discovers
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