Country Life August 5 2015

12 months on a grouse moor and the state of farming.

Country Life August 5 2015

This week in Country Life we admire the effort that goes into nurturing England’s best grouse moors, we enjoy the meticulous plant selections and personal touch that imbue Old Bladbean Stud in Kent, we explain how to identify our native species of bumble bee, we discover that happiness is seeing an arboretum grow and flourish, we reveal the latest in interior design and we learn to cook with succulent summer plums.

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Agnes Stamp

Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.