Country Living UK

Whether you live in the town or countryside, in Country Living you’ll find a wealth of ideas for your home and garden, learn about traditional crafts, keep informed of rural issues, enjoy irresistible dishes using seasonal produce and, above all, escape the stress and strain of modern-day life.

Country Living

A note from the editor

November

SPOTTER’S GUIDE • Tree branch surprises

WEEKENDERS

emporium • Handcrafted gifts and seasonal buys from our favourite artisans, small businesses and high-street brands

The new GOOD LIFE • 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

3 types OF CAMPFIRE

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Sally’s campfire HOT CHOCOLATE • Campfire hot chocolate tastes extra-special, as the fire gives it a delicious, slightly smoky flavour. Using enamel camping cups to portion out ingredients avoids fussy measuring outdoors.

5 OF THE BEST BONFIRE PARTIES

10 QUESTIONS WITH… CATH KIDSTON • The designer goes back to her gardening roots with her latest entrepreneurial adventure

HARE RAISING • The remarkable story of the woman who rescued a leveret and ended up helping to raise three litters of hares

AUTUMN UNPLUGGED • Prepare to stop the world for a weekend: check into a hideaway retreat and amp up the cosy hygge with our makes, buys and seasonal treats

A NEW ROMANTIC REINVENTED • He was an Eighties pop legend, a villainous soap star and survived two brain tumours. Now, Martin Kemp finds peace and purpose taming his rambling Hertfordshire garden

TRUE STORY

A BROOM OF HER OWN • Self-taught brushmaker Rosa Harradine uses natural fibres and hand-harvested hazel to create objects of beauty and function from her home in Carmarthen

HOLE IN one • During the pandemic, Francesca Goldhill sought comfort in baking. Since then, her New York-style bagels – pillowy soft and generously filled – have been laid on for James Norton, Dua Lipa and streams of customers at Fortnum & Mason

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FRANCESCA’S TOP TIPS FOR SUCCESS

TEN WAYS TO MASTER MAXIMALISM • The more-is-more designer reveals his tips on how to bring an exuberant mix of colour, pattern and furnishings to your home

HEREFORDSHIRE CIDER • In our ongoing series highlighting delicious produce around the country, we meet the artisans and farmers helping to bring it to our table. This month:

CIDER BY THE BOOK…

3 PERFECT PAIRINGS • Lydia Crimp and Tom Tibbits from Artistraw suggest how to best savour some of their ciders*

CIDER ACCESSORIES

INSIDER GUIDE Cider

AUTUMN WILDLIFE SPOTS • Binoculars at the ready! Here, we pick some of our favourite places to spot this season’s most active animals, birds, insects and fishes

INTRODUCING HARLECH FROM COUNTRY LIVING AT DFS

A CUTTING HEDGE ART • From his converted Bedford lorry in Somerset, Paul Lamb is on a mission to restore Britain’s lost hedgerows by reviving a craft rooted in the Middle Ages

THE BRUTAL ART OF HEDGELAYING • Paul Lamb shares the patience, precision and brawn required to create or restore these living borders

HEDGE OF SURVIVAL • Hedgerows aren’t just beautifully crafted fences, they also help to replenish the population of some of the UK’s endangered species. Here are a few creatures that call hedgerows their home

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