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Encyclopedia > Country Life (magazine)

Country Life is a British weekly magazine. It covers the pleasures and joys of rural life, as well as the concerns of rural people. It is primarily concerned with the lifestyle and concerns of landowners and other rich country dwellers, but it has many readers who do not belong to those categories. Much of its success has historically been built on its coverage of country houses. The first several dozen pages of each issue are devoted to colour advertisements for upmarket residential property, which are one of the best known attractions of the magazine, popular with many people who have little prospect of ever living in one of the lavish homes featured. This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... For the Blur single, see Country House (song). ...


Country Life was launched in 1897, incorporating Racing Illustrated. At this time it was owned by Edward Hudson, the owner of Lindisfarne Castle and various Lutyens-designed houses including The Deanery in Sonning. At that time golf and racing served as its main content, as well as the property coverage that has become its mainstay. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the late Queen Mother, used to appear frequently on its front cover. The frontispiece is very well known and is called popularly "Girls in Pearls", showing upper-class British rural life in its most ideal light. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Edward Hudson was the founder of Country Life magazine in 1897. ... Lindisfarne Castle is located on the Northumbrian island of Lindisfarne. ... Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was arguably the greatest British architect of the 20th century[citation needed]. He designed many English country houses and was instrumental in the design and building of New Delhi. ... The Deanery (or Deanery Gardens) is a house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in Sonning, Berkshire, England, between 1899 and 1901, in the style of the Arts and Crafts movement. ... The Thames near Sonning Sonning is a small village in Berkshire, England a few miles east of Reading. ... Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite; 4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the Queen Consort of King George VI from 1936 until his death in 1952. ...


The magazine is based in London in Stamford Street, and owned by media company IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ... A corporation is a legal person which, while being composed of natural persons, exists completely separately from them. ... IPC Media is a large British publishing company, mainly producing consumer magazines. ... Time Warner Inc. ...


The pursuits and interests covered include hunting, shooting, farming, equestrian news and gardening.


An important feature of the magazine is the Country Diary, which describes conditions and is generally an opinion piece about current issues and personal thoughts.


There are reviews about books, food and wine, art and architecture (also many offers) and antiques and crafts. Illustrative material includes the Tottering-by-Gently cartoon by Annie Tempest. The property section claims to have more prime agents than anywhere else. This is generally run by a partner.


The current Editor in Chief is Mark Hedges, and Clive Aslet is the Editor at Large. The website, Country Life Online has been around since January 1999.


Australian magazine

In Australia a magazine called Country Life appears every September in the course of the Royal Melbourne Show. The Secondary College Carcase Comp The Royal Melbourne Show is an agricultural show held at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds every September. ...


See also

The Curious House Guest is a television documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two in 2005. ...

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Country Life (magazine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (378 words)
Country Life was launched in 1897, incorporating Racing Illustrated.
The magazine is based in London in Stamford Street, and owned by media company IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.
An important feature of the magazine is the Country Diary, which describes conditions and is generally an opinion piece about current issues and personal thoughts.
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