Country Life, the quintessential English magazine, is undoubtedly one of the biggest and most instantly recognisable brands in the UK today. The magazine comments in depth on a wide variety of subjects, such as architecture, property, the arts, gardens and gardening, the countryside, schools and wildlife. This eclectic editorial mix, combined with stunning photography and high-end property advertising ensures that week after week, Country Life is read by people who live the real country house lifestyle.
Countrylife.co.uk brings over 125 years of editorial and commercial excellence to the web and is one of the best and most enjoyable places to browse for luxury property for sale online.
The site also showcases the best of the editorial from Country Life magazine as well as carrying its own exclusive online content covering rural news, seasonal recipes and countryside events.
Farmers need to convince consumers that the choices they make are integral to preserving the British environment, says Douglas Chalmers
Green, pub, church, duck pond and rose-garlanded cottages: did the perfect English village ever exist?
This superb estate in the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park has huge potential, yet is also a perfect family home from which to escape the world.
With lots of people off the sauce, why not head to our list of London's best bars and enjoy them while they're quiet.
Here's a look at what you'll find inside, including Country Life's Wildlife Awards, and a final column from long-standing contributor Carla Carlisle.
Weather, wars, elections and financial uncertainty all conspired against high-end house sales this year, but there were still some spectacular deals. Penny Churchill takes a look at the biggest of the lot.
Plus, what the famed theatre critic recommends going to see in January.
Quiet yourself and the distant hum of Nature’s parts connecting and working will soon come into focus.
In prime position in Dartmouth, this superb five-bedroom home has breathtaking views.
Silence is golden — and more readily accessible at this time of year than any other, says Alan Titchmarsh.
Big houses and grand spaces leave lots of potential for some strange games. Melanie Cable-Alexander investigates.
We take a look back at our most popular architecture articles of the last 12 months.
This wonderful home in a gated community near Chichester is a delight.
Today's Curious Question takes a look at one of the nation's favourite parlour games.
From the artist killed on his first day in the war to a masterpiece once sold for £30, these were our most popular arts stories of 2024.
A legendary vehicle the world over, the latest Land Cruiser retains its off-road prowess while seeking to improve its on-road comfort. Can it succeed?
Once packed with meat, such as ox tongue and mutton, alongside dried and candied fruit and extravagant spices, the mince pie is not what it once was — and food historian Neil Buttery says that's made them worse.
We've taken a look back on 2024's most popular property articles on the Country Life website, from picture-perfect cottages to private islands.
Country Life's reviewers name the books that have most absorbed them this year, with topics ranging from grey partridges to cricket, rock music, wolves and medieval history, plus the most diverting fiction.
Ben Y Craig near Keswick might be one of the best houses in one of the most sought after locations in the Lake District National Park.
