Take our Easter issue home and have a great long weekend with Country Life.
Inside:
The Editor’s Country Easter Quiz Can you answer all of our fiendish brain-teasers?
Home Sweet Home: All creatures take as much pride in constructing their houses as we do, observes Simon Lester
Party planning: Kit Hesketh-Harvey follows the changing fashions of the perfect bash and Anna Tyzack meets the party planners
George Plumptre takes a tour of the gardens associated with Canterbury Cathedral in Kent
In property: how to dress your house with plants
Simon Swynfen Jervis explores the Roman cabinet at Stourhead, a dazzling trophy of the Grand Tour
Gulls eggs; Vicky Liddell discovers the delights of this delectable egg, gathered in secret and limited by licence
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‘Once upon a time they covered an area the size of Ireland’: The restoration of Britain’s native oyster reefs is shaping future marine projects around the worldJane Wheatley reports on an innovative project to restore Britain’s once plentiful native oyster reefs in Tyne & Wear.
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What connects Brutalism and fancy pink diamonds? The Country Life Quiz of the Day, October 17, 2025Featuring more questions on collective nouns. The perfect way to start a weekend.
