Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Country Life

RAISE A GLASS

ONE of the benefits about working at COUNTRY LIFE is that, one afternoon, Rosie, the LONDON LIFE Editor, can drift past your desk, mutter something insane like ‘Hey, you should find the best pub in London’ and you reply ‘Yeah ok, sure’. Then you check how many pubs there are in London and find it’s about 3,500 and your liver shakes and turns to jam. Strangely, when I asked for the company card to do some ‘research’, I was respectfully told to ‘sod off’. Luckily for Rosie, I have been doing ‘research’ for the best part of 10 years, and have compiled a list of

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Country Life

Country Life6 min read
The Art Of Borrowing
Bendor Grosvenor (Elliott & Thompson, £40) BRITISH art was a long time coming. According to Bendor Grosvenor, it was not until the early 18th century that a national school existed, which, in his wide-ranging, erudite and often surprising survey, he
Country Life3 min read
A Feast Fit For Kings And Presidents
THE Grouse in Health and Disease isn’t a page turner. Weighing in at 663 pages over two quarto volumes, it examines minutely the life of a grouse, causes of mortality, diseases and the management of moors. Flicking through its chapters during an idle
Country Life2 min read
Tea And Sympathy
DEEP within the chromosomal make-up of classic English decorating in the post-war era was a strand of DNA best known by the genetic code MDAM (make do and mend). It arose out of necessity, in a world where rationing was still in place and there was,

Related Books & Audiobooks