1970s Notebook
ASK anyone to name four things about the 1970s and you’re likely to hear about strikes, droughts, punk rockers and space hoppers. None of these really made it into COUNTRY LIFE, which continued to plough the cause for farmers, the environment, history and heritage. The only concession to striking workers saw the magazine lose its nigh-unblemished record of publishing every week since January 8, 1897, as the print unions downed blocks—eight or more editions fell foul of industrial disputes.
The soon-to-be Architectural Editor Marcus Binney, V&A director Roy Strong and the late architectural historian John Harris took action to stem the destruction of the country house with a landmark exhibition of
