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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.
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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
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White Prince Property Finders
White Prince Property Finders are independent buying agents operating in Wiltshire, West Berkshire, Hampshire, Vale of White Horse, Cotswolds, and Dorset.
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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.
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Craig Fuller Property Search
Opening doors to the Cotswold’s finest homes.
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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.
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Prime Purchase
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Domus Holmes Property Finder
Domus Holmes Property Finder is an independent buying agency providing a bespoke property search and acquisition service in Bristol, Bath, the South West of England and France for prime properties.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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Ludgrove School
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Cotswold Buying Agent
Samantha Scott-White is a highly experienced property finder and buying agent who operates primarily in the Cotswolds, covering areas such as Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire.
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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.
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'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.
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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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Have your say on Country Life and get a chance to win a Fortnum & Mason hamper
Take part in the 2024 Country Life Reader Survey.
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Athena: Sacrificing the Arts for 'self-imposed' fiscal rules?
Cuts to our cultural institutions will only save a minimal amount of money, but could do a significant amount of harm.
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'Without fever there is no creation': the tumultuous talent of Giacomo Puccini
Three of the top 10 operas performed worldwide are by the emotionally volatile Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, who died a century ago. Henrietta Bredin explains how his colourful life influenced his melodramatic plot lines.
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'Rural England need not be retirement England': How hybrid working can save the countryside
Forcing people back to the office reeks of management insecurity, and tracking them on their computers is Orwellian. What hybrid working can do is make people happy and bring life back to rural communities.
