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emporium
Handcrafted gifts and pretty seasonal buys from our favourite artisans, small businesses and high-street brands
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THIS MONTH Growing cut flowers
There’s never been a better time to go self-sufficient. In our ongoing series, Sally Coulthard shares tried-and-tested tips from her Yorkshire smallholding
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10 QUESTIONS WITH… PAUL WHITEHOUSE
The comedian on the secrets behind his hit TV show about “two old blokes fishing”
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10 OF THE BEST PLACES TO SEE THE SUNRISE
To celebrate the summer solstice, we pick some of the most magical places to greet the sun’s arrival on the longest day of the year. Don’t forget that flask of coffee…
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THE MAKING OF THE GREATEST FLOWER SHOW ON EARTH…
…with star of the show Clare Matterson, director general of the Royal Horticultural Society
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PATERNAL PARTNERSHIPS
As Father’s Day approaches, we celebrate creative collaborations between dads and their children
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THE NEW SCANDI
Move over, white-on-white minimalism: modern Scandi design is all about rediscovering the colourful history of this classic interiors aesthetic
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CAPTURING THE PATTERNS OF NATURE
In her Speyside studio, Angie Lewin transforms sketches of the landscape into prints and paintings with the help of an old press, some trusty watercolours – and a wooden spoon
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LET’S GO OFF-GRID
Switch off from the daily demands of high-tech living to embrace no-tech adventures in the open air
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the RUFF GUIDE TO… MINIATURE SCHNAUZERS
In our ongoing series for dog-lovers, we celebrate another of Britain’s best-loved breeds
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ASK THE DOG EXPERT
Bill Lambert is dog health expert at The Kennel Club
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BEST IN GLASS
Flora Jamieson was working in admin at Madame Tussauds when she found a book about stained glass. Now, she creates her own designs, bathing a medieval art form in a bold new light
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For when your heart is in the country
Subscribe to the digital edition of Country Living magazine and escape into an appealing world of rural beauty and tranquillity. You’ll find a wealth of ideas for your home and garden, learn about traditional crafts, discover inspiring rural businesses and enjoy delicious recipes using seasonal produce.
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ZEN AND THE ART OF HOMEMAKING
Inspired by Buddhist traditions, ceramicist Georgina Lorton has curated a peaceful family home in which a few statement pieces shine out against a calming, muted palette
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LOVE IS ALL AROUND
Passionate gardener Andrew Salter has surrounded his house with a kaleidoscopic tapestry of plants “like a web made by spiders on LSD”
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Conifer REVIVAL
Andrew’s favourites…
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SUFFOLK PUNCH
How a passion for bold colour and vibrant pattern has transformed a Victorian flint cottage in the lush East Anglian countryside
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EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES
For a few fleeting weeks in early summer, the world-famous walled garden at the National Trust’s Mottisfont in Hampshire is filled with more than a thousand old-fashioned roses that flower just once a year. To celebrate the garden’s 50th birthday, we present a private view
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DOWN to EARTH
GARDENING NOTES
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EDEN ON THE WATER
A fusion of creativity, vision and determination has created this sustainable home “floating” over a swimming pond
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HOME comforts
DECORATING NOTES
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SLOW and SUSTAINABLE
NATURE NOTES
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SUMMER IS SERVED
Julius Roberts shares more of his farm-to-fork recipes – this month inspired by the most plentiful of seasons
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Country LARDER
FOOD NOTES
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Taste your way around TUSCANY
Enjoy farm visits, wine tastings and a cooking class in cypress-studded hills shrouded in vineyards
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Explore MONET’S FRANCE through paintings and gardens
Travel by Eurostar to see Monet’s spectacular gardens at Giverny, visit impressive galleries and hear from gardening expert Paula McWaters
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Visit captivating CARCASSONNE and the DORDOGNE
Immerse yourself in the heart of rural France, with its timeless châteaux, world-class art, bustling farmers’ markets and prehistoric caves
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where to buy
Stockists in the magazine this month
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A TRAVELLING JAM MAKER
Every summer, Helen Tidy and husband Andy make and sell towpath-foraged preserves and chutneys from their canalboat, The Jam Butty