This week in Country Life we tell the story of the Château de Malmaison, the remarkable country retreat created by the Empress Joséphine, we investigate the challenges facing today’s boulangers, we visit a family who continue the tradition of Beaufort cheese production in the high French Alps, we learn to respect the many tiny creatures that like to take up summer residence with us and we learn to cook with blueberries.
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‘Lots of books, Scrabble, a pack of cards and James Norton. Oh, and some wine’: Alison Weir’s consuming passionsThe Sunday Times bestselling author, 74, on her literary hero, her collection of jigsaw puzzles that she never has time to do and her celebrity crush.
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Robert Redford's Oscar and this week's unique royal funeral: Country Life Quiz of the Day, September 17, 2025One of Hollywood's greats is remembered in Wednesday's quiz.
