Agnes Stamp

Mar 8, 2025 | countrylife.co.uk | Agnes Stamp

The French like to keep the English at arm’s length. Our use of unregulated longbows in 1415 has led to a vehement rejection of the English language (the Académie Française continue to lead a fierce assault on the integrity of French), cooking à l'anglaise — leathery meat and soggy puddings — is considered a crime against humanity and let’s face it, the naming of the English Channel is enough to encourage even the most diplomatic of satirists to depict us as boorish misshapen rosbifs.

Nov 10, 2024 | countrylife.co.uk | Agnes Stamp

We take a look back at the First World War through the lens of the Country Life Archive. Back in 2014, Country Life began a 10-part series looking at the history of the First World War as revealed by our outstanding archive.

Jun 21, 2024 | countrylife.co.uk | Agnes Stamp

Five collectors of unusual things, from taxidermy to tanks, tulips to teddies, explain their passions to Country Life. Interviews by Agnes Stamp, Tiffany Daneff, Kate Green and Octavia Pollock. Photographs by Millie Pilkington, Mark Williamson and Richard Cannon.

Feb 23, 2024 | countrylife.co.uk | Agnes Stamp

Like marmalade on toast, saying sorry and the Shipping Forecast, there are few things more typically British than the courtroom wig. Agnes Stamp explains why our barristers and judges wear them. They are the undeniable emblem of our judicial system.

Jan 12, 2024 | countrylife.co.uk | Agnes Stamp

Once the summer residence of the 7th Duke of Atholl, Dunkeld House has now established itself as the latest location on the set-jetting map, says Agnes Stamp.