In this week's brilliant issue you don't want to miss our famous Advent Calendar cover. Inside, we talk to the new President of the CLA, and revisit the genius of Wodehouse's country house humour. Staying with books, Katy Birchall takes a look at how Jane Austen's men measure up against each other.
Also, don't miss our guide to the perfect Christmas presents.
In food and drink our kitchen garden cook makes salmon with leeks and bacon.
In property Penny Churchill looks to the west country, and Arabella Youens find some top tips for selling your house.
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A billionaire's thatched cottage is for sale in Surrey, once owned by the oil magnate J. Paul GettyChestnut Cottage is a joyous little home — albeit one with the most unusual bedrooms to acreage to price balances we've ever seen. Toby Keel takes a look inside.
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Debo Mitford on her childhood at Asthall Manor, from Nancy's 'coming out' dance to Unity's peach-pinching waysThe Dowager Duchess of Devonshire looks back on her childhood in the Cotswold idyll of Asthall Manor.
