Country Life Annual vol 4 

In this year’s Country Life Annual, we celebrate the best of the countryside by cherry-picking magazine highlights from the last 12 months. We start by bringing you a selection of some of the loveliest images from our most recent book, Country Life: 125 Years of Countryside Living in Great Britain, which showcases the rich and varied wonders of this extraordinary country. Elsewhere, we discover the best British Nature trips on offer, revisit the Mallory and Irvine mystery 100 years on, uncover the history and importance of Britain’s chalkstreams, find out about our nation’s obsession with the humble sandwich, and much more besides.