Country Life 12 May 2021
Country Life 12 May 2021 looks at summer gardens, crofting and nature's 50 shades of green.


Find out more here about some of the pieces this week:
CLAN DONALD'S GARDENS: The gardens on the Isle of Skye are thriving.
SCULPTURE: New garden designs.
MICHAEL HESELTINE: The politician and gardener on the borders at his house at Thenford.
50 SHADES OF GREEN: The endless terminology for the lush, natural world around us.
CROFTERS: Social isolation and then some.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Maria Balshaw's choice.
Sign up for the Country Life Newsletter
Exquisite houses, the beauty of Nature, and how to get the most from your life, straight to your inbox.
WILTON HOUSE: John Martin Robinson on the Wiltshire home.
ALFRESCO ENTERTAINING: Tips for outdoor drinking and dining.
TOADS: Simon Lester on the native amphibian.
INTERIORS: Cornish bathrooms and London Design Week 2021.
Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by HRH 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.
-
'Monolithic, multi-layered and quite, quite magnificent. This was love at first bite': Tom Parker Bowles on his lifelong love affair with lasagne
An upwardly mobile spaghetti Bolognese, lasagne al forno, with oozing béchamel and layered meaty magnificence, is a bona fide comfort classic, declares Tom Parker Bowles.
By Tom Parker Bowles
-
Country houses, cream teas and Baywatch: Country Life Quiz of the Day, April 24, 2025
Thursday's Quiz of the Day asks exactly how popular Baywatch became.
By Toby Keel