Country Life

Country Life 13 November 2024

Country Life 13 November 2024 looks at The King's Royal Warrant holders, visits Apethorpe Palace and takes in Britain's hidden cultural hotspots.

Ben Randall: Ask Country Life's canine agony uncle a question about your dog

Over the past two years our award-winning dog trainer Ben Randall has been sharing his advice with Country Life readers.

The Anderson shelter: Good for gardening, good for storing wine, and great for hiding from bombs

Damp, dimly lit and cramped they may have been, yet Anderson shelters were lifesavers during the Second World War. Russell Higham explores their legacy.

‘They knew they were all going through the same hell’: The graffiti of the First World War

The law of unintended consequences is teaming up with Britain's latest tax rises — and it'll hit our historic houses hard

Country Life's cultural commentator Athena takes a closer look at last week's budget and foresees trouble ahead.

Country Life 6 November 2024

Country Life 6 November 2024 celebrates Gentleman's Life, tells the tale of the poppy appeal, explores the wetlands of East Anglia and finds Britain's tastiest wild mushroom.

Ghost hunters: the search for Britain's rarest flowers

Climbing, swimming and crawling, rare-plant hunters know no bounds when it comes to tracking down the botanical equivalent of the Holy Grail, says Peter Marren

Seven true ghost stories from a century of Country Life

Over the course of Country Life's 125-year history, dozens of readers have shared their tales of ghosts. Here we've picked out seven of the most fascinating.

Agromenes: 'It is one thing when people recognise what is the right thing to do, but it becomes really game-changing when they see that it’s also the profitable thing to do'

The Countryside Crusader celebrates more positive news about regenerative farming.

Event: Country houses for a new generation

On Wednesday November 6, leading experts will offer insights into the changing nature of the rural retreat at an event hosted by Country Life.

Country Life 23 October 2024

Country Life 23 October 2024 meets Britain's most pampered dogs, breezes through Victorian houses and tells the story of St Crispin's Day.

'It all looked too good to be true — and, indeed, it was': We must face up to the real future of farming

An over-reliance on fertilisers and yields has left our farmland in a perilous state. It's only by working with nature, not against it, that we can futureproof our countryside.

Opinion: A vanishingly rare thing has happened — we have a minister for culture who actually sounds like he's visited some of the places he has responsibility for

Our culture columnist Athena is cautiously optimistic about the future of arts, culture and architecture — even if the same old problems remain.

Country Life 16 October 2024

Country Life 16 October 2024 visits Holyrood Palace, tells the 90-million-year tale of the South Downs and looks at carnivorous plants.

'It’s a slow-cooked, nourishing soup with 1,000 lovely ingredients swirling within it. Each has its own special contribution. The only thing none of us have ever been able to stand is when the ingredients are all new': Ben Pentreath on English style

One of the most important rules of English decorating is that there are no rules. Confused? Don’t be. It’s simply an aesthetic that requires a certain mindset, believes Ben Pentreath.

Country Life 9 October 2024

Country Life 9 October 2024 is our interiors special, with dozens of pages of inspiration and tips to make your old house feel like new — plus a look inside the home of our interiors editor, Giles Kime.

Country Life 2 October 2024

Country Life 2 October 2024 looks at estuary life, has a brush with history and looks back at Ian Fleming's classic children's tale, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang.

'We had to extract her by her legs in an undignified fashion so she could meet him and join us all at the table': The trials and tribulations of the country-house lift

Anyone with a fear of being trapped in a lift may wish to look away, warns Melanie Cable-Alexander, as she explores the grandest alternatives to taking the stairs.

Living on the hedge: The art of hedgelaying

The modern hedgelayer’s role is no longer that of a fencer, but instead a practical conservationist creating vibrant, thorny arteries of hedgerow habitat, says Richard Negus.

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