Country Life 27 April 2022
Country Life 27 April 2022 celebrates Norfolk, Alfred Munnings, and much more besides.


A love letter to Norfolk
Novelist and local D. J. Taylor reveals the real magic of his home
And they all lived together in a little crooked house
The nursery rhyme came true for two residents of Lavenham, Suffolk, discovers Flora Watkins
On the wings of a turtle dove
Dedicated conservation work is reviving the fortunes of this pretty summer bird with its purring call, finds Robin Page
‘How lovely are the things you help us to perceive’
Enduring love for English rural life shone through the work of the convivial Sir Alfred Munnings, who deserves more credit for his skill, believes Octavia Pollock
Gilane Tawadros’s favourite painting
The writer and curator chooses a Turner with modern resonance
Birds in their little nests agree
John Lewis-Stempel admires the nests being built all around
Masterpiece
Jack Watkins on the Test record of cricketing legend Len Hutton
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The serene interior
The remodelling of Elizabethan Longstowe Hall, Cambridgeshire, evokes 17th-century Dutch art, reports Jeremy Musson
There’s pickle in the jar
Branston pickle has been cheering cheese sandwiches for 100 years, finds Alec Marsh
Luxury
Land Rovers, loafers and Lord Botham’s favourite things
Interiors
Kitchens and a house of fun
Gardening on the edge
For its Chelsea-winning owner, Mansard House in Suffolk is a grand garden laboratory, discovers Catherine Howard
Kitchen garden cook
Melanie Johnson conjures courses with watercress
A plum role
Jonathan Spain on the story of the succulent Cambridge gage
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 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.
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If heaven is on earth, it might be in this home with a converted chapel that is now a swimming pool
5 Wood Barton Town House is part of an exclusive 80-acre development in Devon that also comes with fishing rights on the River Avon and four bedrooms.
By James Fisher Published
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An Italian-inspired recipe for lemon-butter pasta shells with spring greens, ricotta and pangrattato
Spring greens are just about to come into their own, so our Kitchen Garden columnist reveals exactly what to do with them.
By Melanie Johnson Published