Country Life
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The Legacy: Godfred Baseley, the man who invented The Archers
We take a brief look at the life and inspiration of the man behind the world's longest running radio serial.
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A single peat moor stores the carbon of 1,000,000 cars — and this 'climate-action trump card' needs urgent protection
Recent research has discovered that one moor in Yorkshire stores as much carbon as one million cars would release in a year, highlighting why we need to restore them.
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Country Life 7 August 2024
Country Life 7 August 2024 looks at wilderness huts, the architecture of Prince Albert, and the reality of life in the Royal Household.
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The 'holy grail' of JRR Tolkien's letters are up for sale, showing his anger at his editors and the 'priggery' of Sherlock Holmes
Bayliss Books are selling the biggest collection of Tolkien first editions and personal letters to come up for sale in twenty years. Annunciata Elwes takes a look.
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Country Life 31 July 2024
Country Life 31 July 2024 looks at fountains and chalkstreams, violins and pirates, and visits the Duke of Beautfort's garden.
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A £150 million, 10-year programme to help save the countryside: 'Our job is to give money away to do good things'
Lottery funding is now being used to benefit Nature with a new 10-year programme. Annunciata Elwes reports.
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Country Life 24 July 2024
Country Life 24 July 2024 visits an ancient foundry, looks at oak-framed buildings and celebrates the wonders of sheepdogs.
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The Uffington White Horse restoration has got it looking at its best, 3,000 years after it was first created
The Uffington White Horse, the oldest chalk figure in Britain, has just undergone a superb restoration.
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Agromenes: The new government is already delivering with aplomb — and in the countryside, it's all to play for
Our countryside columnist takes a look at the early efforts and impressive ministerial appointments of the new Labour government in Britain.
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Under siege from nature: the National Trust's £2 million plan to restore Corfe Castle
Specialists hanging from ropes will spend the next three years helping restore the walls of this famous 11th century caste in Dorset.
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Country Life magazine — 17 July 2024
Country Life 17 July 2024 finds out Alan Titchmarsh's favourite flower show, meets the bull terrier and discovers why people love the colour green.
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The shire horses still ploughing the fields of London deep into the 21st century
Photographer Natasha Durlacher's passion project shines a light on the wonderful shire horses who still have a place in modern London.
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Plan properly, build well, and even the NIMBYs can't object to the solution to the housing crisis
Reforming planning and embarking on a large-scale house building plan is one of the great challenges for the new government — but a blueprint is already out there for exactly what they need to do, says Country Life columnist Athena.
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Country Life 10 July 2024
Country Life 10 July 2024 asks the country house experts who they turn to when they need to get things done to their own homes, and rejoices in the rise and rise of the Victoria sponge.
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A pheasant at Charing Cross Hospital and a woodcock at St Pancras: London's rarest birds revealed
The latest London Bird Report has some interesting findings.
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Country Life 3 July 2024
Country Life 3 July 2024 celebrates the British coast, with beaches, boats and ice cream.
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The key countryside issues in the 2024 general election — and what all the main parties say about them
Promises, promises... With a week to go to the General Election, we compare and contrast the party manifestos on some of the issues that affect rural life. Kate Green reports.
