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'There are whole fields that are 100% taxpayer funded NOT to grow crops for people to eat'
Former NFU President Minette Batters has entered the House of Lords as Baroness Batters, giving her a new perspective, and a new opportunity to find ways to help British farming.
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Dawn Chorus: 'If we don’t decarbonise heat, we’re b*ggered'
Straight talking from a business-minded climate activist, plus two of the few professional models to appear in a Country Life photoshoot.
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Dawn Chorus: The dog that costs £120,000, the definition of English style, great balls of fire and the Quiz of the Day
Plus, a €12 million estate, and a rare outbreak of good news in Britain's waterways — it's The Dawn Chorus, our regular daily round-up of things you don't need to know, but will enjoy finding out about nonetheless.
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'We talk about life's big questions with people who probably thought they were just coming in to discuss the redecoration of their house': Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham on the Country Life Podcast
Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham of Salvesen Graham join James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast.
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Dawn Chorus: The future of life on Earth, a Surrey house that's 'like being in the Highlands', accidentally unplugging Steven Hawking and the Quiz of the Day
Plus, the answer to a question nobody has been asking: can you boil eggs in the kettle?
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Five utterly spectacular homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
From a sprawling mansion in Wiltshire to a gorgeous Regency townhouse, here's our pick of the finest homes to come to the market via Country Life in the past week.
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Say no to boring walls: Six choices of paint and paper which will get people talking
Amelia Thorpe picks out some glorious alternatives to just painting everything white.
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A hopelessly perfect country cottage that's hidden away in one of London's most romantic spots
If you've a heart full of romance — and, frankly, a bank account full of money — then we have a home that might just be the perfect mix of town and country.
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The artwork thrown in a museum bin, Cambridge's most famous sight and the world welly wanging champion unmasked by the BBC
What is it like to grow up in a castle? Can you name Cambridge's most famous landmark? And who is the Welly Wanging World Record Holder? All this and more is revealed in today's Dawn Chorus.
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Dawn Chorus: Will 2024 be a bumper year for Autumn colour? Plus take the quiz of the day and more
A year of staggeringly wet weather across most of Britain has caused all sorts of ups and downs for gardeners and farmers — but will it have an impact on the changing colours of the leaves on the trees around us?
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Ten wonderful country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
From commutable farmhouses to a Georgian masterpiece of astonishing splendour, here's our pick of the best houses to hit the market via Country Life this week.
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Dawn Chorus: Riding through the kitchen on horseback, and other classic English country house pursuits
A spectacular view of Snowdonia, the intelligence of owls and our quiz of the day are all highlights of this morning's Dawn Chorus.
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Michelin are now giving out 'stars' for hotels as well as restaurants — and the first batch of winners in Britain is an amazing roster of beautiful places to stay
Are these the 133 best hotels in Britain?
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A century of change at The White House
In December 1916 Country Life magazine was granted extraordinary access to The White House.
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Dawn Chorus: The wild creatures back in the West Country for the first time since the reign of Queen Victoria
Pine Martens are back on Dartmoor — but why?
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The Dawn Chorus: Real-life Jurassic Park tech saving the rhino, a 10-hour nature epic and our Quiz of the Day
The man who's been trying to resurrect woolly mammoths has turned his gaze on the animals of today which need saving.
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An exhibition that brings together the gun that started the First World War, Hemingway's typewriter, Captain Scott's snow goggle and Sgt Pepper's Drum
The gun used to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Hemingway's typewriter and the drum featured on the cover of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band are part of Rick Guest's extraordinary collection of photography, Holy Relics at the StART Fair.
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Where the wasps go at the end of the summer
We take a look at the last few weeks of the summer season for wasps — which, for almost all of them, is also the last few weeks of their lives.
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The Dawn Chorus: We're waking up today to a Britain free of coal-powered electricity for the first time in 142 years
Britain's last remaining coal-fired power station has been turned off for good, we reflect on one of Britain's most beautiful lakes, and take a look at a job with an 1980s-style pension.
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Poems about pies, the foul-mouthed parrot upstaging Margaret Atwood and starting World War III via Desert Island Discs: Ian McMillan on the Country Life Podcast
Poet, broadcaster and writer Ian McMillan joins the Country Life Podcast.
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Six truly idyllic properties for sale, from idyllic seclusion to a commutable country estate, as seen in Country Life
We take a look at some of the best homes to fall under the spotlight via Country Life in the past week.
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A magnificent Gothic-style home with curving staircase, a pool and a location on the site of an ancient hillfort
Trewsbury House, in a lovely spot near the source of the Thames, is a delight. Take a look inside.
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Lucy Shepherd: Britain's most intrepid young explorer on how she went from rural Suffolk to trekking the Amazon
Lucy Shepherd has spent the last 10 years adventuring through some of the most extraordinary landscapes in the world. She spoke to James Fisher about her life, her inspirations, her career to date and her latest expedition, through some of the most remote jungle in the Amazon.
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The £27,600 wooden bathtub and other modern day marvels to create an unforgettable bathroom
When is a bath not a bath? When it's a work of art.
