Clive Aslet

Clive Aslet (born 15 February 1955) is editor-at-large of Country Life magazine, a writer on British architecture and life, and a campaigner on countryside and other issues.

He was born on the same day as record producer Hugh Padgham. Aslet was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon and then Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he earned a degree in the history of architecture.

After graduating, he joined Country Life magazine in 1977 as architectural writer, becoming architectural editor in 1984, deputy editor in 1989, and editor-in-chief in 1993. In 1997 he was named British Society of Magazine Editors' Editor of the Year. After 13 years as editor-in-chief, from 13 March 2006, Aslet left and took on a newly created role of editor-at-large, leading Country Life's important public relations activities and acting as an editorial consultant and writer for the magazine, as well as writing more books and doing freelance articles for newspapers such as The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, and The Sunday Times, and broadcasts on radio and television current affairs programmes such as Newsnight.

In 2014 he published a novel based on the First World War, entitled The Birdcage, described by Michael Paraskos in The Spectator magazine as 'an entertaining novel that is an ideal summer holiday read.'

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