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Do you know your hyacinths from your hydrangeas? Test your flower power in the Country Life Picture Quiz of the Day, March 18, 2026
Spring flowers are springing up all around — but how many of them can you name?
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The stylish surf shacks from which to explore Cornwall’s wild and ancient coastline
In our new series exploring the best places to visit in the UK, Mark Hedges journeys to Three Mile Beach near St Ives.
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'A flash of skull-print sock is my equivalent of a six pack': A snob's guide to socks
To show your socks or to hide them away? It depends on who you asks, finds Sophia Money-Coutts.
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A 1970s rock god's former home for sale, and it still has the decor from his Top of the Pops heyday
The former home of legendary Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is on the market — and it's a mad nostalgia trip in all sorts of ways.
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It's not all birdsong and blossom: The gardener’s spring-time battles
This month saw the launch of Hortistry, a horticulture scheme championed by some of the finest gardeners in the country — and the timing could not be better.
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The glory — and the grind — of winning a Michelin star, by Gordon Ramsay, Michel Roux Jnr and Tom Parker Bowles
Initially associated with tyres, Michelin has become synonymous with the coveted laurels awarded to the world’s best restaurants. To mark the centenary of the first stars being awarded, David Ellis looks back on a century of fine-dining dramas.
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Feeling lucky? Put your St Patrick’s Day knowledge to the test in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, March 17, 2026
Let's find out if you know your Guinness from your Murphy's?
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Borders, identity, and the truth about Cornish independence, with Richard Collett
Richard Collett has spent years travelling Britain to discover what our borders say about us. He joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast.
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Country Life March 18, 2026
Country Life March 18, 2026 celebrates spring gardens, explores the life and work of Capability Brown, and explains how to keep a flock of geese.
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Now pay attention, 007: Q's country house in Sussex is up for sale
The actor Desmond Llewelyn — the man who played Q in 17 different James Bond films — lived in this beautiful country home... and it's a place entirely free of high-tech trickery.
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White diamonds are believed to wield spiritual power. Today, the largest one to appear on the UK market in more than a decade goes under the hammer
The last time a similar stone was sold was in 2017, when a ring purchased at a car boot sale for £10 sold for £656,750.
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I'm a tulip in a bottle, baby: A very British botanical beauty contest is gaining fans of all ages
Launched by Matthew Rice to publicise his local gardening club, the annual Tulip in a Bottle contest is popular with everyone, finds Tiffany Daneff.
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Where in the world is the Country Life Quiz of the Day, March 16, 2026?
Find out where this photo was taken in our quiz.
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Tom Parker Bowles: Welsh rarebit is the pinnacle, the apex, the triumphant apogee of this particular form
Welsh rarebit — cheese on toast in full dress uniform — is a dish that has been impossible to resist for at least three centuries.
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A picture-perfect Devon idyll where you can 'ride ponies and swim in the river'
The glorious Knapp House is the stuff of childhood dreams — as generations of former residents have found.
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One of the first substantial buildings constructed from cast iron lives on only in the Country Life Archive
The London Coal Exchange enabled City merchants to buy and sell coal across the world. Despite this magazine's best efforts, it was destroyed in the 1960s.
