Country Life May 24 2017 is our wonderful West Country special featuring a year in the life of Exmoor red deer, Hardy's Dorset, and Cornish pasties plus real tennis and the head of Noël Coward. Find out more here:
ARCHITECTURE: Roger White explores the history of Werrington Park in Cornwall, which once commanded two pocket boroughs
GARDENS: The gardens of Regency House in Devon mix plantsmanship and personality, finds Tim Longville
CORNISH PASTIES: Emma Hughes reveals how dedicated bakers saved the Cornish pasty from dying out
MARKET TOWNS: Matthew Rice enjoys a visit to seafront Bridport in Dorset
INTERIORS: The secret to creating the perfect dressing room
THOMAS HARDY: Thomas Hardy is synonymous with Dorset, but his polymath friend William Barnes deserves more recognition, believes Jason Goodwin
EXMOOR: Simon Lester charts a year in the life of a treasured red-deer herd
REEL LIFE: David Profumo goes in search of salmon on the Isle of Harris
ANNIVERSARY: Ahead of Country Life’s 120th anniversary special issue next week, Kate Green discovers others celebrating this milestone
REAL TENNIS: Agnes Stamp hits the monarch and enjoys a game of real tennis at Hampton Court Palace
ART: Zeb Soanes is on a quest to find the story behind a bronze bust of Noël Coward
COOKING: Melanie Johnson loves the first fresh peas of the year
PROPERTY: Rural idylls in the West Country
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A well-connected rural playground with 23 acres on the edge of the South Downs National ParkOld House Farm is an impressive family home with a wealth of amenities that would inspire any rural passion.
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Who wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall? Country Life Quiz of the DayThere's angora, aluminium and the biggest English star of the silent movie era in Monday's Quiz of the Day.
