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| Louise Elliott, who has died of cancer aged 57, worked on Country Living magazine for more than 20 years, joining in 1996 as deputy chief subeditor. She soon rose to become chief subeditor, then associate editor and, in 2012, deputy editor. Each role requires a certain set of skills. One has to be organised, remain calm, and exercise diplomacy with precious creatives. A sense of humour helps. | Louise Elliott, who has died of cancer aged 57, worked on Country Living magazine for more than 20 years, joining in 1996 as deputy chief subeditor. She soon rose to become chief subeditor, then associate editor and, in 2012, deputy editor. Each role requires a certain set of skills. One has to be organised, remain calm, and exercise diplomacy with precious creatives. A sense of humour helps. |
| Louise was organised and diplomatic, but it would be wrong to say she was always calm. Under pressure, she had the same desire to let off steam as everyone else. It was at this point that something had to give. Her answer? To whistle. Or sing. Loudly and madly. The singing usually took the form of theme tunes or music from old movies, of which she had a comprehensive knowledge. One colleague said: “It’s hard to feel too stressed when someone beside you is whistling the tune to Match of the Day.” | Louise was organised and diplomatic, but it would be wrong to say she was always calm. Under pressure, she had the same desire to let off steam as everyone else. It was at this point that something had to give. Her answer? To whistle. Or sing. Loudly and madly. The singing usually took the form of theme tunes or music from old movies, of which she had a comprehensive knowledge. One colleague said: “It’s hard to feel too stressed when someone beside you is whistling the tune to Match of the Day.” |
| There was often laughter when she was around. One of the team said: “Her stories and the hilarious way she told them were the stuff of legend, and I would often pester her to ‘tell me the so-and-so one again’.” | There was often laughter when she was around. One of the team said: “Her stories and the hilarious way she told them were the stuff of legend, and I would often pester her to ‘tell me the so-and-so one again’.” |
| Louise grew up in the Quaker village of Jordans, Buckinghamshire, where her sister Clare, a doctor, and her mother, Annie (nee Sheppard), a retired schoolteacher, still live. Her other sister, Jane, lives in Germany, and her brother, Ian, in Paris. Her Northern Irish father, William Elliott, was an accountant. | Louise grew up in the Quaker village of Jordans, Buckinghamshire, where her sister Clare, a doctor, and her mother, Annie (nee Sheppard), a retired schoolteacher, still live. Her other sister, Jane, lives in Germany, and her brother, Ian, in Paris. Her Northern Irish father, William Elliott, was an accountant. |
| She studied English literature at King’s College London and early in her career worked as a subeditor on Running magazine and Ideal Home. She ran the London marathon twice, and in her lunch breaks at Country Living she would don her running gear at least once a week for a sprint around Regent’s Park. | She studied English literature at King’s College London and early in her career worked as a subeditor on Running magazine and Ideal Home. She ran the London marathon twice, and in her lunch breaks at Country Living she would don her running gear at least once a week for a sprint around Regent’s Park. |
| Louise’s beautifully lyrical writing included a monthly series, Country in the City. In it, she described everything from growing vegetables in Hackney to mudlarking on the banks of the Thames. It also allowed her to champion her love of contemporary craft and the urban artisans who produced it. | Louise’s beautifully lyrical writing included a monthly series, Country in the City. In it, she described everything from growing vegetables in Hackney to mudlarking on the banks of the Thames. It also allowed her to champion her love of contemporary craft and the urban artisans who produced it. |
| With an encyclopaedic knowledge, she was the go-to person when someone asked, “When did we last do something on stoats?” or “Have we featured anyone making life-sized crocheted animals before?” | With an encyclopaedic knowledge, she was the go-to person when someone asked, “When did we last do something on stoats?” or “Have we featured anyone making life-sized crocheted animals before?” |
| There are many memories that illustrate her personality: the fact that when cycling down a steep hill she would stop herself getting scared by repeating the name of a foreign football player over and over; her fear of kedgeree (because it combines smoked fish and egg) and her even greater fear of being offered kedgeree for lunch during an interview for a feature – which actually happened; her love of travel and her tales on returning from a visit to France with her mother or an Italian holiday with her Istrian husband Branco Isic (known as Zduc), whom she married in 1994. | There are many memories that illustrate her personality: the fact that when cycling down a steep hill she would stop herself getting scared by repeating the name of a foreign football player over and over; her fear of kedgeree (because it combines smoked fish and egg) and her even greater fear of being offered kedgeree for lunch during an interview for a feature – which actually happened; her love of travel and her tales on returning from a visit to France with her mother or an Italian holiday with her Istrian husband Branco Isic (known as Zduc), whom she married in 1994. |
| Louise attracted admiration from her colleagues at Country Living – for her integrity, dedication, kindness and empathy, and her training and mentorship of newcomers. She will be much missed by us all. | Louise attracted admiration from her colleagues at Country Living – for her integrity, dedication, kindness and empathy, and her training and mentorship of newcomers. She will be much missed by us all. |
| Louise is survived by Zduc, her stepson, Matija, her mother and her siblings. | Louise is survived by Zduc, her stepson, Matija, her mother and her siblings. |
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