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June 6, 2017updated 07 Jun 2017 10:22am

Country Life celebrates 120th anniversary with bumper issue as editor says ‘we won’t be bossed by modernisers’

By James Walker

Country Life has marked its 120th anniversary with a bumper 264-page issue as the magazine’s editor insists the title is still “fresh as a daisy”.

The special issue includes the “most poignant, quirky and historically defining stories and photographs” to have appeared in the countryside magazine since its first issue on 9 January, 1897.

Highlights include the Prince of Wales’ role as guest editor in 2013 and a “world exclusive” revealing of the face of Shakespeare.

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