Country Life September 23 2015
Hedgerow wines and Sussex spaniels.


This week in Country Life we pay tribute to the splendid Sussex spaniel, a devoted and diligent dog, that now languishes on the vulnerable breeds list.
We also celebrate long-lasting appliances, from Roberts Radios to Kenwood Mixers; describe the context and story of the creation of the Arts-and-Crafts Stoneywell Cottage, Leicestershire; visit Il Biviere in Sicily, the garden created by Principessa Maria Carla Borghese; discover the courting rituals of the snail; reveal how to make hedgerow wines; explore the roots of Fives, an ancient game that tests the brain and is enjoying increased popularity; and we learn to cook with runner beans.
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Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.
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