Rosie and Jim
Country Life’s Rosie Paterson and James Fisher have both — separately — ended up living alone during lockdown. They’ve been sharing their tales of mysterious neighbours, banana bread and ladies in the village who somehow still have spectacular hair.
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Rosie and Jim: 'I'll give anyone who can find me an affordable flat my entire Sex and the City box set'
Rosie spots a tiny flaw in the defining TV series of her generation, while James starts a brand new tradition in their final columns of 2021.
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Rosie and Jim: The blood-curdling horror of a stag-do group on a three-hour train ride
A stag-do train ride on the East Coast Mainline and a dog with a taste for human detritus lighten up the lives of our correspondents this week.
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Rosie and Jim: A windowless prison cell, yours to rent at just £2,000 a month, and other joys of the London property market
Jim is taking the first step towards a career switch which might one day see him become the new Arnold Schwarzenegger; Rosie, meanwhile, thinks she might have a secret weapon in her efforts to find a flat to rent. I think by now you'll be able to guess that it's not going to go well.
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Rosie and Jim: The time I bought a house that came with a 'free' cat
This week, there's an editorial health warning on Rosie's column for those suffering from SAD, while James tells a delightful tale of an unexpected lodger who he found in
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Rosie and Jim: Spectacular nature, bitter cold, fantastic parties and the utter misery of flu — the love/hate affair with Autumn
Rosie and Jim just can't agree on autumn — and the division is so deep that they can't even agree on whether to capitalise it.
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Rosie and Jim — Fake landlords, bribing estate agents, and 31 renters for every flat: Welcome to the 2021 London letting market
This week, Jim ticks off one of his life goals while Rosie continues to lament the fact that she decided to move back to the capital at the exact same time as literally everyone else.
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Rosie and Jim: Why won't dogs let sleeping people lie?
The sleeping arrangements of pets and a village-like enclave in south-east London come under the gaze of our columnists this week.
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Rosie and Jim: 'Some things have longevity, but it feels like maybe this pandemic isn’t one of them'
Our columnists take a break from worrying about their domestic situations to ponder Venice's empty canals, melancholy reminiscence and the debate over who struts better: Mick Jagger or Nick Cave.
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Rosie and Jim: 'Haven’t you heard? All of the cool 18-34 years olds now live with their parents'
Living with parents, living through winter, and negotiating the joys of the Winnersh Triangle... Safe to say that our columnists Rosie & Jim aren't upping the ante in the glamour stakes this week.
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Rosie and Jim: 'They realise there’s no Uber, the postcode takes you into the middle of a muddy field and the local Waitrose is 600 miles away. Then they come straight back again.'
Our columnists are back and have been finding somewhere to live, with wildly varying degrees of success.
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Country Life's top 10 blogs and columns of 2020, from wise owls to the invention of toilet paper
You'll scratch your chin, nod in recognition and quite probably chuckle out loud at the most-read columns from the Country Life website this year.
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Rosie and Jim: 'Why was I always so busy? How did I cope when I wasn’t busy at all?'
Our writers come to the end of lockdown, one with a Zen-like sense of acceptance, the other with a trip to Italy. We know which we'd rather copy (sorry James).
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Rosie and Jim: 'There’s an easy solution to all of this, naturally. Ban the sun.'
Just as our correspondents were starting to think that 2020 couldn't have dragged them any lower, the unwelcome double-whammy of blazing heatwave and a government-mandated diet regime hits home.
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Rosie and Jim: 'I did not miss this. I did not miss the pain'
This week, the phrase 'be careful what you wish for' comes back to bite both of our corona-correspondents.
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Rosie and Jim: The 10 rules of throwing the perfect beach picnic (N.B. You're going to need a unicorn)
This week, Rosie shares a series of tips which in now way reflect bitter personal experiences, while James reminds us all to take care of ourselves, and each other.
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Rosie and Jim: 'While the rest of England celebrated the return of the pub, I celebrated the return of the hairdresser'
This week, Rosie finally heads back to Devon while James finally heads back to the pub.
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Rosie and Jim: The seven rules of cycling that no cyclist will ever tell you
Rosie Paterson and James Fisher share the truth about cycling, and wonder how it is that March was simultaneously 28 years and yet only two months ago.
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Rosie and Jim: 'I’d happily trade my flatmate in for a one-way flight to the Mediterranean'
This week, Rosie encounters a real, live person while James ponders how he's wasted this unique opportunity for self-improvement. On the plus side, at least he's come up with a reasonable excuse for why it doesn't matter.
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Rosie and Jim: 'Please, just put the Le Creuset down Doris'
