What you'll find in this week's issue of Country Life — and how to subscribe or get your copy

Cover of Country Life June 10, 2026 — The cover of Country Life June 10, 2026, our special English issue.

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Country Life June 10, 2026, is our English issue, looking at the people, the places and the peculiarities that define England and its people.

Here's a look at some of what you'll find inside.

For England, and St George!

The Revd Dr Colin Heber-Percy delves into the ‘England’ of the Selborne sage Gilbert White

What being English means to me

England is a land of tolerance, decency, honour and eccentricity, and home to the apology and the witty put down, as six friends of Country Life tell Paula Minchin

Write of way

Kate Green tours our classic literary settings, from the Brontës’ brooding moors to du Maurier’s secret Cornish creeks and coves

Made in England

Bramleys, brogues, Barbours and Brompton folding bicycles are all the epitome of English excellence. Emma Hughes hails 35 of the country’s finest makers

Andrew Comben’s favourite painting

The cultural charity CEO picks an evocative piece of embroidery

Country-house treasure

John Goodall is captivated by an orange-tree automaton at East Yorkshire’s Burton Constable Hall

A castle of legend

In the first of two articles, John Goodall examines the legend and lore in the story of imposing Warwick Castle, Warwickshire

The legacy

James Fisher lauds Thomas Lord for giving us the home of cricket

A fair exchange

Carla Passino takes a sideways glance at the history of great English exports and imports

‘The land of patriots, martyrs and bards’

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s English Traits observations have stood the test of time, finds Emma Hughes

Oh, to be in England

Matthew Dennison examines the allure of our shores for famous adopted sons and daughters

Luxury

If you only buy one T-shirt, make it a Sunspel Classic, advises Amie Elizabeth White

Interiors

The alchemy of first-class interior design is in evidence at this year’s WOW!house, finds Giles Kime

Overflowing with charm

George Plumptre is wowed by the wonderful walled garden at Lasborough Park, Gloucestershire

Meat your match

Succulent smoked pork ribs are the ultimate barbecue bench-mark for Tom Parker Bowles

Left of the field

WIll Hosie raises a glass to off-beat British cocktail ingredients

Winging it

Mark Cocker is dazzled by the dusk displays of the starling

Unforgettable, that’s what you are

The forget-me-not is a memorable symbol for Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Time to grow up?

Is kitchen-based agriculture the future of farming, asks Will Hosie

Travel

Rosie Paterson follows in the footsteps of Homer’s Odysseus

Arts & antiques

Walpole’s treasured possessions may return home to Strawberry Hill House, reveals Carla Passino

This sketched isle

Charlotte Mullins profiles the artists at the forefront of the new school of English painting

And much more

Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and all its diverse joys and pleasures — that was first published in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year. Our eclectic mixture of witty and informative content — from the most up-to-date property news and commentary and a coveted glimpse inside some of the UK's best houses and gardens, to gardening, the arts and interior design, written by experts in their field — still cannot be found in print or online, anywhere else.