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Previews: Country Life Magazine – May 29, 2024

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Country Life Magazine (May 28, 2024): The latest issue features…

We salute you

As Blind Veterans UK pays its own special tribute to survivors of the D-Day operation, Octavia Pollock puts words to Richard Cannon’s poignant photographs

 ‘Plans are worthless, but planning is everything’

Allan Mallinson examines the key role that country houses played in preparations for D-Day, aided by well-stocked wine cellars and countesses in the canteen

 ‘Because it’s there’: the Mallory and Irvine mystery

Was the 1924 British Everest Expedition a success or failure? Robin Ashcroft takes a broad perspective as he sifts through a century of speculation

There’s no place like home

In the first of four articles, Annunciata Elwes investigates how flexible working has opened up the North to City commuters

Country Life International

Holly Kirkwood explores the Balearic Islands — the life and sol of the Mediterranean Sea

Growing in stature

Chelsea provides many magic moments for Tiffany Daneff, who finds inspiring gardens on Main Avenue and in the Great Pavilion

Native herbs

John Wright raises a glass to hops, that stalwart ingredient of the ale-brewing industry

The late Sir Andrew Davis’s favourite painting

Before his death last month, the celebrated conductor selected  a compelling and inspiring work

Elegant and congruous

In the second of two articles, John Goodall charts the recent history of Hartland Abbey, Devon

The legacy

Kate Green reveals Thomas Darley’s role in the story of the English Thoroughbred horse

Empire protest

A Passage to India reflects the rising tensions of the British Raj. Matthew Dennison revisits the masterpiece 100 years on

 ‘Nature is nowhere as great as in its smallest creatures’

John Lewis-Stempel marvels at the variety of microscopic wild-life that calls tree bark home

Luxury

Hetty Lintell serves up a new tennis collection, plus Heston Blumenthal’s favourite things

Interiors

A bright, colourful drawing room and Alidad at Wow!house

Spring-fed genius

Charles Quest-Ritson reveals how springs have shaped Selehurst garden in the West Sussex Weald

Kitchen garden cook

Melanie Johnson celebrates sweet and juicy strawberries

Achilles healed

The ancient Greeks harnessed its medicinal powers, but yarrow now has a role to play in modern agriculture, discovers Ian Morton

The darling buds of May

May Morris is finally stepping out of the shadow of her famous father, William — and not before time, argues Huon Mallalieu
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Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – June 3, 2024

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The New Yorker (May 27, 2024): The new issue‘s cover features

Sergio García Sánchez’s “Scoot” – The artist depicts the thrill of leaning into summer in the city.

The People’s Commencement at Columbia

It’s 1968 all over again, as New York Ivy Leaguers flip the script and stage an unofficial counter-graduation ceremony at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

The Bronx Cheers—Mostly—for Trump

Biden’s a pedophile; Trump’s a fascist; the maga Hasidim have to get their act together—and other sentiments spewed at the former President’s rally in Crotona Park.

How to Pick Stocks Like You’re in Congress

The team at Autopilot, an app that lets you copy the trades of Nancy Pelosi’s husband (up forty-five per cent last year) or Dan Crenshaw (up forty-one), choose their newest offering.

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Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – May 27, 2024

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A woman carrying a bag eyes a similar counterfeit bag for sale on a city street.

The New Yorker (May 20, 2024): The new issue‘s cover features

R. Kikuo Johnson’s “Genuine Style” – The artist depicts all the luxuries the city has to offer.

Donald Trump’s Abortion Problem at the Polls

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, G.O.P. efforts to ban abortion have backfired with voters in many states—and they could do so again in November.

The Guy on Trial for the Same Thing as Trump

At 100 Centre Street, another man charged with falsifying business records had a good day in court.

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Previews: Country Life Magazine – May 15, 2024

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Country Life Magazine (May 14, 2024): The latest issue features…

The year of the tree

This year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show is poised to celebrate the unfolding freshness and energy of deciduous woods in May, as Kathryn Bradley-Hole discovers

Beneath the boughs

Garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith is returning to Chelsea’s Main Avenue for the first time in 14 years for the National Garden Scheme, reveals Joanna Fortnam

‘When the ass begins to bray, surely rain will come that day’

It’s raining ancient folklore and proverbs as John Lewis-Stempel relies on jumping trout, croaking frogs and chirping crickets to predict the great British weather

My art is in the garden

Carla Passino examines how the brushstrokes of Monet, Turner, Klimt and Canaletto are providing colour and inspiration at Chelsea

All I need is the air that I breathe

Cathryn Spence airs the story of how—250 years ago—Joseph Priestley ‘discovered’ oxygen at Bowood House in Wiltshire

Cindy Sughrue’s favourite painting

The director of London’s Charles Dickens Museum picks a classic snapshot of the capital’s skyline

The legacy

Bess of Hardwick was the first of many influential Chatsworth women, as Kate Green learns

A timeless view

George Plumptre admires the simple beauty of the gardens at Pusey House in Oxfordshire

Seating plans

What makes a comfortable garden seat, asks Tiffany Daneff

Sitting pretty

Amelia Thorpe seeks out crafted benches to suit every garden

The cutting-garden diaries

In the final part of her series, Anna Brown is focused on harvesting

A lily among weeds

Clive Aslet lauds the enduring influence of the prolific Victorian architect George Edmund Street

Slugging it out

Marianne Taylor is captivated by the curious beauty of molluscs

Mane stay

Deborah Nash visits the last British firm creating horsehair fabric

Out and About

The Royal Countryside Fund reception at Fortnum & Mason

Interiors

Amelia Thorpe takes a look at six of the best WOW!house creations

A brush with sparkles

Hetty Lintell is wowed by jewels celebrating the National Gallery

Kitchen garden cook

The arrival of new-season carrots is applauded by Melanie Johnson

Native herbs

John Wright is playing with fire as he investigates horseradish

Sweet chamomile, good times never seemed so good

Deborah Nicholls-Lee dreams of dainty white flowers and a fragrant lawn that never needs mowing

Falstaff reimagined

Sir Ian McKellen lends a ‘silvering dignity’ to Shakespeare’s famed roisterer, finds Michael Billington

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Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – May 20, 2024

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Students are escorted by police as they cross a graduation stage to accept their diplomas.

The New Yorker (May 13, 2024): The new issue‘s cover features Barry Blitt’s “Class of 2024” – The campus tensions take center stage.

An Israeli Newspaper Presents Truths Readers May Prefer to Avoid

Haaretz consistently attempts to wrestle with the realities of what is going on in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank.

By David Remnick

A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?

Colleagues reportedly called Lucy Letby an “angel of death,” and the Prime Minister condemned her. But, in the rush to judgment, serious questions about the evidence were ignored.

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Previews: Country Life Magazine – May 8, 2024

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Country Life Magazine (May 7, 2024): The latest issue features…

The legacy

Mrs Beeton’s recipes are still followed more than a century later. Kate Green raises a spoon to the first domestic goddess

This is how we brew it

Good coffee, companionship and delectable cakes are on offer in the cafés of the Cots-wolds. Ben Lerwill takes a sip

The magnificent seven

On the 75th birthday of Badminton Horse Trials, Kate Green salutes seven heroes of eventing’s premier weekend

Mere moth or merveille du jour?

The names of our butterflies and moths owe their artistic overtones to a golden group, discovers Peter Marren

Heaven is a place on earth

From Sissinghurst to Charleston, gardens offered the women of the Bloomsbury group refuge, solace and inspiration. Deborah Nicholls-Lee enjoys a stroll

Jane Tuckwell’s favourite painting

The event director of Badminton Horse Trials chooses a hunting scene with personal resonance

Where are the food targets?

Farmers should be allowed to prioritise producing food, believes Minette Batters

An air of homely distinction

The Anglo-American artistic circle of Russell House in Broadway, Worcestershire, lives on through its current incumbents, John Martin Robinson is pleased to say

Blow the froth off

Spring has donned its lacy garb as cow parsley flowers. Vicky Liddell walks the umbellifer lanes

There is no sting in this tale

The fearsome scorpion fly is straight out of science-fiction central casting, says Ian Morton

Angels in the house

Jo Caird marvels at a rare survival in a Cotswold church

The good stuff

Hetty Lintell packs her case and runs away to the airport

Interiors

Curl up and get cosy with the comfiest bedroom accessories, chosen by Amelia Thorpe

A haunt of ancient peace

Recently renovated, the gardens of Iford Manor in Wiltshire are as idyllic today as they were when Harold Peto created the Italianate design, marvels Tiffany Daneff

Native herbs

John Wright adds tonic and raises a glass to the juniper

I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly

Quivering, crystal-clear savoury jelly is all grown up. Tom Parker Bowles braves the wobble

Dulce et decorum est

Michael Sandle is still fighting the good fight through his art as he turns 88, reveals John McEwen

Put some graphite in your pencil

A trick of Cumbrian geology led to worldwide fame for Keswick, scribbles Harry Pearson

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Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – May 13, 2024

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The New Yorker (May 6, 2024): The new issue‘s cover features Mark Ulriksen’s “Shotime” – For many fans, the real harbinger of spring is the beginning of baseball season.

Hilton Als on the Sui-Generis Films of Charles Atlas

Hilton Als on the Sui-Generis Films of Charles Atlas

Also: “Uncle Vanya” and “Staff Meal” reviewed, superstar pianists at Carnegie Hall, and more.

Are We Living Through a Bagel Renaissance?

Are We Living Through a Bagel Renaissance?

A new wave of shops has made its mark across the country—and shaken New York’s bagel scene out of complacency.

By Hannah Goldfield

What Sleepy Trump Dreams About At Trial

What Sleepy Trump Dreams About At Trial

Mashed-potato nightmares! Kafka in the Oval Office! And other things going through the mind of the nap-happy ex-president in court.

By Barry Blitt

Architecture, Home Design, Homes, Tours, Videos

Los Angeles Design: Tour Of A ‘Modern Bungalow’

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The Local Project (April 30, 2024): For an architects own home, Mark Motonaga, homeowner and creative director at RIOS pulled together a range of design elements that makes his home feel safe yet joyous. Located in Los Angeles, Modern Bungalow was once an original single-family residence.

Video timeline: 00:00 – Introduction to the Architects Own Home 00:41 – The Original Vision 01:35 – A Walkthrough of the Home 02:22 – Designing Your Own Home 03:32 – Ideating the Backyard Landscape 04:12 – Proud Aspects

From the start of the project, the architect envisioned a modern home that could fit the scale of the original structure while reimagining what a bungalow could be. By creating a jungle-like refuge in the back of the house, RIOS has established a juxtaposition to living in a city.

To do this, the architect reversed the typical bungalow layout by putting the public spaces at the rear of the house and the private spaces to the front. Moreover, featured in the backyard is a pool, which is different to the traditional backyard pools often designed in the city.

Built to feel like people were swimming in a pond, it is complemented with a jungle-inspired garden that grows right up to the edge. At the beginning of the house tour, two large grey doors open up to a side courtyard referred to as the home’s foyer.

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Previews: Country Life Magazine – May 1, 2024

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Country Life Magazine (April 30, 2024): The latest issue features…

Local distinctiveness

  • Kate Green and Agnes Stamp take a geological tour of our islands to dig out what makes them special; granite country, chalk downland, The Fens, Wealden clay, Welsh slate, Yorkshire mill-stone grit, The Highlands and Cotswold limestone
  • Matthew Rice sketches the myriad architectural styles
  • Mark Diacono rubs the soil between his fingers
  • Victoria Marston wraps her tongue around dialects
  • Harry Pearson downs a pint or three of local ale
  • And finally, the ultimate quiz

Et in Arcadia ego

For Constable, the countryside was a lover, for Samuel Palmer, it offered an escape from the real world and for Paul Nash it held an inescapable lure. Michael Prodger examines the effect of British landscapes on art

The Duchess of Marlborough’s favourite painting

The ceramicist chooses an evocation of her childhood

Let us now praise the Nanny State

We should embrace Mary Poppins-esque common sense, believes Carla Carlisle

The legacy

Kate Green salutes the 10th Duke of Beaufort on the eve of the Badminton Horse Trials that set British riders on their gallop to three-day-eventing victory

Cometh the ice men

Don’t cast those jumpers out just yet, advises Lia Leendertz

Interiors

Get ready for the warmer weather with Amelia Thorpe’s pick of outdoor furniture

London Life

  • Royal photographs
  • All you need to know about cloth, cheese and Trafalgar Square
  • Jack Watkins tells the tale of Covent Garden
  • Adam Hay-Nicholls relishes the roar of engines in Savile Row

Up hill and down dale

Kathryn Bradley-Hole finds that formality is leavened by verve and personality in the gardens of Dalemain at Penrith, Cumbria, where the blue poppies bloom

Kitchen garden cook

Melanie Johnson gathers bunches of fresh watercress

Native herbs

Unmistakeable in scent, versatile in use, wild garlic is a forager’s dream, but don’t let dairy cows graze it, warns Ian Morton

Travel

  • Mark Hedges escapes to our nearest paradise, the Isles of Scilly
  • Tom Parker Bowles feasts on a proper club sandwich
  • Pamela Goodman dares to swim the Dordogne

The good stuff

Hetty Lintell takes her time choosing the latest wonderful watches unveiled in Geneva

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Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – May 6, 2024

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Sonny Rollins plays the saxophone on the Brooklyn Bridge.

The New Yorker (April 29, 2024): The new issue‘s cover features Faith Ringgold’s “Sonny’s Bridge, 1986” – The late artist’s work recalls her pioneering spirit through vivid, inventive designs.

Teresita Fernández’s Shifting Sculptural Landscapes

Also: Kamasi Washington, “The Outsiders” reviewed, Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, and more.

The Return, Again, of the Power Lunch

Four Twenty Five, a luxe new dining room from the mega-restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten, takes square aim at the expense-account crowd.

Donald Trump’s Sleepy, Sleazy Criminal Trial

The most striking aspect of the former President’s hush-money trial so far has been that, for the first time in a decade, Trump is struggling to command attention.