Country Life October 25 2017 is our glorious country sports number featuring charming clumber spaniels, fishing in Iceland and how to choose the right cartridge. Find out more here:
INTERVIEW: The Earl of Leicester talks to Paula Lester about running Holkham and learning to love shooting
GAME BIRDS: Are smaller game birds better, asks Charles Nodder
DOGS: The Clumber spaniel is coming back, reports Matthew Dennison
SHOOTING: Nick Hammond picks cartridges
HUNTING: An extraordinary collection of hunting memorabilia delights Kate Green
FISHING: Mark Hedges tries to catch the king of fish on Iceland’s River Fjótaá
INTERIORS: Spare rooms that make guests feel at home, by Mary Graham
HOUSE BUYING: Roderick Easdale finds some odd superstitions about house buying
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LIVING NATIONAL TREASURE: Passementerie
GHOSTS: Readers who have seen ghosts
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: The outgoing CLA president chooses an adrenalin-fuelled work by Benjamin West
ARCHITECTURE: Jeremy Musson inspects the master’s lodge created by Gilbert Scott for St John’s, Cambrige
BEAUTIFUL BEDROOMS: Amelia Thorpe selects bedroom accessories and Giles Kime admires a Moon-inspired bed
LUXURY: Hetty Chidwick reports on the latest in luxury, goes behind the scenes at Farlows and discovers Ashley Jensen’s life essentials
GARDENS: Mark Griffiths celebrates the ‘re-branding’ of Persicaria
COOKING: Melanie Johnson introduces kale’s Italian cousin, cavolo nero
MUSIC: Pippa Cuckson asks leading musicians if traditional, formal concert format has had its day
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