Country Life May 6 2015
Country Life May 6 2015 studies the Scottish property market and reveals the latest in interior design.


This week in Country Life we go backstage at Badminton Horse Trials, we go on tour with The Landmark Trust, an admirable body that restores and lets unusual properties of architectural merit, we study popular cartoons that feature dogs, we admire Blair Castle in Perthshire and we learn to cook with fresh peas.
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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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By Alan Titchmarsh
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Rodel House: The Georgian marvel in the heart of the Outer Hebrides
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By Mary Miers