Country Life July 29 2015
Tearaway terriers , smoking guns, lightening rods and fancy pheasants.


This week in Country Life we celebrate the Jack Russell and discover there is no braver, more loyal or determined little dog. We also find out which of the 48 pheasant species rule the roost, we explore the pioneering business development of Broughton Hall in North Yorkshire, we reveal how Prince Albert came to permanently change the tide of British culture, we bring summer colour into the kitchen by using beetroot and leading figures reveal the moments and the places that conjure, for them, the ultimate field-sports heaven.
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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.
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