Country Life 29 December 2021
Country Life 29 December 2021 takes an in-depth look at why and how we should eat seasonal food throughout the year, for the good of our bodies, our wallets and out planet.


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Taste the seasons
From pheasant in January to wild garlic in April and asparagus in May, broad beans in July to sloes in October and goose in December, eating seasonally holds a particular delight. Tom Parker Bowles takes us through the year and offers a mouth-watering recipe for each month
Zeb Soanes’s favourite painting
The BBC Radio 4 newsreader chooses a radiant portrait
Masterpiece
Irreverent, funny, moving and endlessly quotable, Withnail and I is a classic, avers Jack Watkins
Talking about a resolution
If you rue your inability to keep New Year’s Resolutions, fear not, you are in good company, with Pepys, Woolf and even Dr Johnson, reveals Felicity Day
The wonder of the world
The astonishing fan vaulting of Henry VII’s Chapel is a crowning glory of Westminster Abbey, London SW1, says John Goodall, in the second of two articles on our coronation church
Interiors
Giles Kime offers a selection of trends to look out for in 2022
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What a difference a year makes
The past 12 months may have been strange, but they were good for the property market. Penny Churchill reviews 2021
White-hot snow
Carla Passino highlights some of the best slopes for snow around the world, from Aspen to Gstaad, and picks covetable properties for sale in each
Threaded through with history
The 17th-century gardens of Rydboholm Castle, Sweden, have been brilliantly reworked by gold medal-winning designer Ulf Nordfjell, finds Annie Gatti
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A well-connected rural playground with 23 acres on the edge of the South Downs National Park
Old House Farm is an impressive family home with a wealth of amenities that would inspire any rural passion.
By Arabella Youens Published
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The UK gets its first ‘European stork village’ — and it's in West Sussex
Although the mortality rate among white storks can be up to 90%, the future looks rosy for breeding pairs in southern England.
By Rosie Paterson Published