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EDITOR’S LETTER

TOWN & COUNTRY UK

CONTRIBUTORS – WINTER 2020

A SPARKLING VINTAGE • An Eighties style flashback with a dash of contemporary polish. Plus: the children’s label making fairy tales come true

SLOANE FLAIR • Jodhpurs and jewels, tweeds and tartan – what to wear in the town and the country this season

A CHARMED LIFE • The long-time friends Victoria Roper-Curzon and Rebecca Guinness create fanciful frocks and rainbow rompers with their childrenswear brand Elfie London, enchanting adults and little ones alike. By Flora Watkins

ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR • Roll up, roll up, as the carnival comes to town, starring rubies, emeralds, onyx and pearls – the show must go on!

WINGÈD MESSENGER • A celebration of very British Christmas cards, meditation classes in stately surroundings, a whisky library in Scotland and festive decorations with the bough factor

FURNISHED & BURNISHED • Add lustre to your home with gleaming gold details. Plus: the architectural marvels of Ashby Manor; houseplants with a Royal seal of approval; and fabulous festive feasts from our favourite chefs

VAULTED HISTORY • Ashby Manor House has a venerable past stretching back to the Domesday Book and encompassing the Gunpowder Plot, but its new owners have given it a thoroughly modern sensibility

HALLS WITH A HALLMARK • Take inspiration from Britain’s most lavishly decorated stately homes and add a touch of gilt to your surroundings.

THE HOLLY &THE IVY • Berry red and leaf green bear the crown this festive season

FRONDS WITH BENEFITS • Indoor plants may have found new popularity in the Instagram age, but fashionable foliage has been used as diverting decoration in British homes since the reign of Queen Anne.

TENDER LOVING CARE • Justine Picardie describes the soothing ritual of catering for her plants’ needs – and explains how you can do the same this winter

LONG LIVE CONVIVIALITY! • Britain and Ireland’s most revered chefs share their favourite recipes for cosy, candlelit wintertide feasts, from Thanksgiving and Burns Night to the perfect solstice celebration.

WINTER 2020 T&C • As 2020 draws to a close, who wouldn’t want to escape into a winter’s fairy tale? Read on to discover how Erin Doherty turned herself into a Princess for ‘The Crown’; why the aristocratic owners of Holkham Hall in Norfolk transformed their magical stately home into an ecological paradise; and how the landed gentry are conjuring new visions of the perfect community

ROYAL ACADEMY • As she steps into Princess Anne’s sturdy shoes for the latest instalment of ‘The Crown’, Erin Doherty tells Sophie Elmhirst why playing the Queen’s daughter has taught her so much

RAY OF LIGHT • As sunshine streams through the treetops, a fairy-tale heroine, clad in snow-white gowns, wanders across the forest with her company of wolves

IN ARCADIA • Holkham Hall has become a paragon of sustainability in recent years. Here, its current custodians Lord and Lady Leicester explain how they are keeping one of Britain’s finest examples of Palladian architecture – and its endless acreage – thriving for future generations to enjoy

BLUE BLOODS AND BLUEPRINTS • As landed aristocrats from Inverness to Southampton take up town planning, Eleanor Doughty investigates the new wave of Dukes-turned-designers

BOTTLED-UP EMOTIONS • The life-affirming power of perfume to conjure memories, convey feelings and capture wonderful moments in time

SCENTS OF SELF • Town...