How (not) to fix up a country house, by our interiors guru Giles Kime
Ignore your friends, take a long view and steer clear of anything that smacks of being fashionable: Giles Kime shares his advice on fixing up houses with the Country Life Podcast.
-
-
Five spectacular coastal homes for sale across Britain, from £400k to £4m
-
From Windsor Castle and the Reform Club to the house where Ghosts is filmed: Country Life's best architecture stories of 2023
We take a look back at a wonderful year of architecture articles in Country Life, including an astonishing look inside Windsor Castle with pictures taken just days before the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
-
E-Types, Scotland's best beaches and the 'backwards-looking fantasy' of rewilding: Country Life's best features of 2023
From travel and motoring to dog training and pithy comment, these proved out most popular feature articles of the last 12 months.
-
Country kitchens, period house insulation and open fires: Country Life's best interiors stories of 2023
We take a look back on the most popular interiors articles in Country Life over the past year.
-
From goose and gratin to a very royal recipe, Country Life's top 10 recipes, food and drink stories of 2023
Our look back at 2023 makes us very, very hungry indeed.
-
Figs, wisteria, and the roses that 'are ridiculously easy to grow': Country Life's 10 best gardens stories of 2023
We take a look back at Country Life's most popular gardening features and articles of the year.
-
The ten best properties for sale in Country Life in 2023
From spectacular stately homes to a delightful thatched cottage, these homes that came up for sale this year were the most popular property stories of the last 12 months at Country Life.
-
Aled Jones on his favourite Christmas carol
Aled Jones speaks to Country Life about his favourite Christmas carols and Christmas traditions.
-
My week surviving on an uninhabited Scottish island
Patrick Galbraith joins the Country Life podcast to talk about his week living on the uninhabited island of Scarba, off the west coast of Scotland.
-
Five gorgeous country houses for sale in Buckinghamshire, from £1.5 million to £75 million
From a thatched cottage to a castle, and from a former pub to one of Britain's greatest privately-owned homes, Buckinghamshire has a huge amount to offer.
-
Six character homes for sale at under £200,000, from beautiful Cornish hideaways to a remote barn in the Pennines
£200,000 might not buy you much in the property market these days, but it's still possible to find homes with space, charm, great locations and fine potential — though you'll have to be willing to get your hands at least a little dirty.
-
Naughty sheep, clever cows and a lifetime of farming: Rosamund Young on the Country Life Podcast
Listen to best-selling author Rosamund Young on the latest edition of the Country Life Podcast.
-
Six perfect Christmas gifts for gadget lovers
Dreaming of a tech-filled Christmas? Here are six gadgets to hit the spot.
-
20 charming homes for sale starting from just £250,000, as seen in Country Life
From a delightful country cottage to a beautiful former mill, here's our pick of some of the best homes to come to the market via Country Life in the past week.
-
Boom, bust and property lust: Penny Churchill on 30 years of Britain’s best houses
Nobody in Britain has seen more of the nation's great country houses than Penny Churchill.
-
Eight superb homes for sale across Britain, as seen in Country Life
A breathtaking clifftop home in Cornwall and a delightful thatched house in Norfolk are among the latest homes to come to the market via Country Life in the past week.
-
My five favourite castles, by Country Life's Architectural Editor John Goodall
Listen to Dr John Goodall on the Country Life podcast as he names his five favourite castles in Britain — and then adds a bonus castle with 1,000 years of extraordinary history.
-
The 25 stunning images shortlisted for Wildlife Photographer of the Year's People's Choice award
-
19 wonderful country homes, from under £400k to over £4m, as seen in Country Life
A harbourside delight in Cornwall and a sprawling West Sussex mansion are among the best properties to come to the market via Country Life this week.
