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 UK

A note from the editor

Welcome to NOVEMBER • This month: pickle and preserve AUTUMN’S BOUNTY • Check into Wiltshire’s latest chic BOLTHOLE • Meet history’s coolest NEW VOICE • Marvel at BONFIRE NIGHT skies • Traitor or Faithful? View CASTLES with their own drama… and much more

BONFIRE NIGHT DELIGHTS • Wrap up warm and make the most of CRISP EVENINGS FIRESIDE

NOVEMBER things to do 4 spots for a succulent SUNDAY LUNCH

National Tree Week

Teffont House WILTSHIRE • Saska Graville checks into the sleepy village hotel where a 5pm sherry gong is the only deadline in the day

LIVE LIKE A LOCAL • Teffont House co-founder and local Charlie Luxton’s Wiltshire highlights

A RIOT OF ROOT VEG • Celebrate the season’s most COLOURFUL HARVEST with comforting dishes and handy preserves

ROOTS AND EMBERS • Fireside buys and cosy cravings for embracing the darkening days

Alice Loxton • With her new book out this month, the historian, author, social media star and new Country Living columnist talks awe-inspiring artworks, broadcasting and bollards

7 dramatic castles for FAITHFULS and TRAITORS alike

HUNKER DOWN & HIBERNATE • As the nights draw in, there’s no place like home

5 bonfire bonanzas

CHECKLIST November

AN EVENING WITH HISTORY ALICE • Join historian, broadcaster, author and Country Living columnist Alice Loxton in conversation about her brilliant new book, A History of Britain in 21 Paintings

FIELD NOTES

The Village Noticeboard • Curtain’s up on am-dram in Paula’s Norfolk village. Time for unexpected star turns, costume mishaps and a very big round of applause

There’s an appetite for a wilder life • Back in the Wilderness for a second series, adventurer, author and TV presenter Simon Reeve once again brings us the magic – and fragility – of the most remote people and places on the planet. Closer to home, our politicians are about to get an earful

A chance to GROW • A pioneering project is harnessing the power of plants to help women leaving prison find work, security and a second chance

CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITH COUNTRY LIVING

ARTISANS +CRAFT

Making a meal of it • Prawns, pasta, sardines, salads and even a Sunday roast: textile artist Kate Jenkins transforms food into astonishingly lifelike works of wool

BAREFOOT X COUNTRY LIVING

Autumn SHADES • Handcrafted pieces in a PALETTE drawn from the changing landscape

FIERY flourishes • Celebrate the brilliant shades and scents of the season with these easy craft projects

Leaving an impression • Using autumn bracken and unfurling ferns, Peak District printmaker Katie Rhodes captures the intricate beauty, fleeting detail and quiet resilience of the natural world

HOMES + DECORATING

Recolouring the past • Country Living’s decorating columnist Russell Loughlan relishes a period renovation. His Deal home is a masterclass in breathing life into an old property

Cottage INDUSTRY • This Leicestershire home is a living tribute to the owners’ love of craftsmanship and a decade they spent in France

The Interiors Insider • Ever misbehaved in the smallest room in your house? Our decorating expert thinks it’s about time you started

MODERN heritage • Combine period character with contemporary design and confident colour to give classic country style a relaxed, modern edge with enduring...