Country Living UK

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Country Living UK

A note from the editor

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY • PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO, IDEAS TO TRY

emporium • Our home and crafts editor Alaina Binks handpicks her favourite pieces from makers, the high street and small businesses

THIS MONTH Teas and infusions • 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

7 questions • …with a professional tea blender

Going GREENER • Our quick and easy guide to sustainable living

ASK AN ECO EXPERT • This month Nancy Birtwhistle, former Bake Off winner and now queen of the green clean

View from here • In our ongoing campaign to support independent makers, Susy Smith reveals how she has furnished her own home with quirky finds from CL artisans

KATE’S NEXT Quest • She may be a historical novelist but it’s the living landscape that inspires Kate Mosse. From her home in the Sussex Downs, we catch up with the author of Labyrinth on her latest storytelling adventures

Let’s party AMONG THE PETALS • It’s springtime – and nature is attired in festive finery. We set the scene for an Easter celebration with rustic and handcrafted accessories

Wings of HOPE • The pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly is in peril. Here’s how you can join the rescue mission

EGGS • In our ongoing series highlighting delicious produce around the country, we meet the artisans and farmers helping to bring it to our table

INSIDER GUIDE Eggs

10 QUETIONS WITH… JULIAN FELLOWES • As the latest Downton Abbey film hits the big screen, we quiz its creator on castles, conservation and the Crawleys

25 WAYS TO A HANDCRAFTED home • How to makeover your house in a modern-rustic style that celebrates original craftsmanship

Land OF SILKEN BUNNY • In the Yorkshire Dales, Sarah Paul breeds angora rabbits for their super-soft hair. Hereby hangs the tale of some very happy bunnies…

Spring INTO ACTION • The CL roadshow rides again! Here are some of the artisans you could meet in our pop-up pavilion at shows around the country next month

MOVING TO… The New Forest • Hankering after a life in the countryside? Don’t leave home without our brandnew guide for house-hunters

Live like a local…

RUSTIC ELEGANCE FOR EVERY ROOM IN YOUR HOME • Introducing Zanzibar deluxe wool carpet from the Country Living Collection at Carpetright

Calling all BUDDING FLORISTS • Georgie Newbery quit a flourishing career in fashion to farm eco-friendly flowers in Somerset. Now, she wants would-be florists to join her growing enterprise across the country

THE COUNTRY LIVING COLLECTION AT HOMEBASE • An exclusive range of quality kitchens showcasing the best of British design

SAVE OUR SWIFTS • Eating, sleeping and mating on the wing, swifts are one of our most remarkable native birds. But with numbers in the UK dropping by over half in the past 25 years, the British Trust for Ornithology has added them to its red list of Birds of Conservation Concern. Stephen Moss salutes an incredible flying machine and rallies us all to…

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