Country Life 1 May 2024
Country Life 1 May 2024 looks at local distinctiveness.
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Caravaggio: The brutal life and early death of the sinner who painted saints
Although named after an angel, Caravaggio needed no stronger reason to brawl than having his artichokes dressed with butter instead of olive oil. Maev Kennedy delves into his short and brutal life.
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Sterrekopje: A centuries-old sanctuary hidden in a blessed corner of South Africa
Jane Broughton pays a visit to the meticulously wonderful Sterrekopje, a place to stay where words like 'hotel' and 'spa' simply don't seem enough.
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Country Life 24 April 2024
Country Life 24 April 2024 celebrates all the joys of The Season, from sport and festivals to the perfect picnic tipples.
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Country Life 17 April 2024
Country Life 17 April 2024 tells the story of illustrator Archibald Thorburn, ancient musical instruments, Wassily Kandinsky and much more.
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Country Life 10 April 2024
Country Life 10 April 2024 looks at how to create the perfect country house interior, otters and property names.
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Five of the most amazing mazes according to a man who makes them
Adrian Fisher is a world-famous maze designer. The man behind the Saltburn maze tells us about some of his favourites.
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Country Life 3 April 2024
Country Life 3 April 2024 revels in the beauty of spring, finds out how to make a maze and enjoys a boozy business lunch.
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Riding to the rescue – how the gardens at Dowdeswell Court have been brought to life
With only lawns and shrubberies remaining of the original gardens, their rejuvenation has taken a huge amount of thought and work, but the results are spectacular says James Alexander-Sinclair.
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Curious Questions: Why does Easter move dates every year?
Phoebe Bath researches why exactly Easter is a called a 'moveable feast'.
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The very nature of Middle Earth — how Tolkien's passion for the countryside inspired the Lord of the Rings
A Nature writer at heart, J. R. R. Tolkien drew on his love of the Malvern Hills and the surrounding countryside to paint his fantasy realm, says James Clarke
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Country Life 27 March 2024
Country Life 27 March 2024 is our Easter special, featuring hedgehogs, Houghton Hall and our Editor's Easter Quiz.
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'Milk, butter, eggs and honey provide a healthy variety with which industrially processed, plant-based food can’t compete'
Country Life's columnist Agromenes believes the tide of public opinion is turning against vegetarian and vegan alternative foods.
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How Country Life launched the career of Alistair Mackenzie, the architect who created Augusta National's iconic golf course
Alister Mackenzie, the golf course architect who created Augusta National Golf Club, was a GP with an enthusiastic sideline in golf until he won a competition in Country Life. Roderick Easdale tells the extraordinary tale.
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Country Life 20 March 2024
Country Life 20 March 2024 looks at Spring gardens, Tolkien's Middle-earth and animal heroes.
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My favourite painting: Andrew Graham-Dixon
'Lesson Number One: it’s the pictures that baffle and tantalise you that stay in the mind forever .'
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Boston Manor House: Renewal and recovery
Boston Manor House in Brentford, Greater London — owned by the London Borough of Hounslow — is a 17th-century house that has undergone a sensitive restoration and now offers fascinating insights into changing domestic tastes, as Charles O’Brien explains.
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The Fall foliage of New England and Canada, as witnessed from the deck of a cruise ship
Steven King journeys from New York to Montréal, via Nova Scotia, in search of the Americas' most famous natural phenomenon.
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Stancombe Park: The garden full of hidden tunnels that inspired Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead
Marion Mako uncovers the true story of the labyrinthine tunnels that underpin this magnificent Regency garden, the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh’s description of the garden at Brideshead. Photographs by Britt Willoughby Dyer.
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Country Life 13 March 2024
Country Life 13 March 2024 looks at idyllic cottages, Queen Mary's Dolls' House and walks the Cheshire Plains.
