COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features…

Bradley Hemmings’s favourite painting

The artistic director chooses a colourful work bursting with vitality and the spirit of summer.

Country-house treasure

A Dante Alighieri illuminated manuscript catches the eye of John Goodall at Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire.

Keepers of the keys

Tessa Waugh celebrates our dedicated churchwardens, the unsung heroes of village life who keep parishes ticking over.

The legacy

Kate Green salutes Dr William Stukeley for saving Stonehenge from destruction in the 1700s.

When we walked in fields of gold

England’s acres of harvested, honey-hued cereal fields have long provided artistic inspiration, finds Deborah Nicholls-Lee.

A little object worth visiting

Romantic Dangan Cottage in Co Kilkenny has been restored to its late-18th-century glory, as John Goodall discovers.

Ghosts in the grass

A scorching summer is revealing country-house garden designs of yesteryear, as our pictures show.

Cuttings not cakes

The Secret Orchard Nursery in Derbyshire wins favour for its plants rather than pots of tea, to the delight of Arthur Parkinson.

Interiors

Arabella Youens admires the transformation of a South Downs Georgian gem, and everything’s gone green for Amelia Thorpe.

Travel

Rosie Paterson unpacks the latest travel trends, and Giles Kime stays at the Italian base of film director Francis Ford Coppola.

The French connection

Tom Parker Bowles is whisked to the summery South of France by freshly baked pissaladière, the delicious ‘Provençal pizza’.

What lies beneath

Tom Howells is in eclectic company at the World Worm Charming Championships in Cheshire.

Luxury

Jonathan Self reveals why the tiara is the epitome of glamour, and Amie Elizabeth White is drawn to the fans of Duvelleroy.

COUNTRY LIFE International

Julie Harding treads the Jersey Tidal Trail, savours scallops with chef Andrew Baird and celebrates the island’s 160 years of herd history, as Holly Kirkwood eyes top properties for sale and Claire Jackson hails a new era for opera.

Arts & antiques

Geoffrey Munn feels strangely drawn to the works of 18th-century art pariah Richard Dadd, as he explains to Carla Passino.

COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features…

The legacy

Kate Green salutes Scotsman John Muir, national-parks pioneer

Floating on cloud nine

John Lewis-Stempel turns his eyes to the sky as he marvels at the myriad forms of cirrus, stratus, altocumulus and more

Winging it

The sparrowhawk is the silent assassin of the Unloved Birds’ Club. Mark Cocker investigates its effect on songbird numbers

A princely project

Garden restoration and creation have combined to glorious effect at the Palace of Bishop Auckland in Co Durham, finds Mary Keen

Wendy Holden’s favourite painting

The author chooses a work that changed the course of history

Country-house treasure

A curious cabinet of Catholic dolls catches the eye of John Goodall at Browsholme Hall, Lancashire

A life in architecture

Clive Aslet assesses the stellar career of Quinlan Terry, hailed The King’s favourite architect

It’s written on the wind

Larch disease — which is spread through water and air — is the latest threat to our woodlands, reports Matt Ramsden

A kiss from a rosé

English wine producers are in the pink as their blushing still and sparkling tipples fly off the shelves, reveals Emma Hughes

Dressing for success

With a sprinkle of salt here and a drizzle of olive oil there, Tom Parker Bowles works his magic on the most humble of salads

Luxury

Amie Elizabeth White smells the incense and rides a nauti-cal wave for summer style

Interiors

Arabella Youens applauds a pied-à-terre transformed and Amelia Thorpe eyes standout ceramics

London Life

Will Hosie turns green with envy, seeks the perfect pad and reels around the capital, plus our writers have all you need to know this month

‘It must have seemed like Disneyland to the Victorians’

Horsepower has been hauling the trams of the Isle of Man for 150 years. Octavia Pollock is invited to go behind the scenes

Travel

Pamela Goodman visits Schloss Dyck in Germany and unearths a Scotsman’s garden in bloom

Arts & antiques

‘Fowl, fish and beasts’ were staple subjects for sporting artist Francis Barlow, as Carla Passino learns

In a glass of its own

Corinne Julius admires the talented British artists heating up the world of studio glass

And much more