Country Life 18 May 2022
Country Life 18 May 2022 is our Chelsea Flower Show special preview issue, featuring lupins, peonies and Alan Titchmarsh - plus much more.

CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW: We take a look at what you can expect to find if you head down to the greatest (flower) show on earth.
LUPINS: Dedicated enthusiasts ensure lupins still bloom in a West Sussex field. Here is there story.
THE FEMALE PILOTS WHO RULED THE SKIES: Intrepid and skilled, female pilots conquered the skies in the 1930s.
NIGHTINGALES: We meet the people fighting to save the endangered songbird from extinction.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: The director of music at St Paul’s picks a loving and holy triptych.
MASTERPIECE: Landseer’s lions in Trafalgar Square.
PEONIES: Glamorous, yet easy to grow - Val Bourne explains more.
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GARDENS: Tiffany Daneff vists the walled garden of Culham Court in Berkshire.
RECIPE: Melanie Johnson on broad beans.
WATER BOATMEN: Ian Morton takes a look at the uncanny insects which walk on water.
ARCHITECTURE: John Goodall looks at English houses in the 17th century, an age of revolution and restoration.
AND MUCH MORE BESIDES: Interiors, luxury, books, art, and Nick Foulkes on the changing shape of the humble wristwatch.
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