Country Life June 17 2015

Country Life June 17 2015 previews Masterpiece and examines the Iron Duke’s legacy.

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This week in Country Life we explain the run-up to the Battle of Waterloo and the events of June 18, 1815, we visit Apsley House in London and admire Wellington’s art collection, we examine the truly wild English rose species of hedgerow and heath, we reveal the colourful history of Hunter & Frankau, which celebrates its 225th anniversary this week and we learn to cook with fennel.

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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.