Country Life & The Colleges of Oxford & Cambridge
Explore the great colleges of Oxford and Cambridge through exclusive articles and images from the Country Life Archive.


Country Life was a pioneer in the study of Oxford and Cambridge college architecture. Its series of articles on the greatest colleges published in the 1920s remains the most important overview of the subject. Ever since it has regulaly returned to these institutions and considered changes and improvements to them. For the first time, we are publishing a selection of these architectural articles online.
Clare College, Cambridge.
OXFORD COLLEGES ALL SOULS CHRIST CHURCH KEBLE MAGDALEN ST. JOHN'S
CAMBRIDGE COLLEGES CLARE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM JESUS KING'S PETERHOUSE
THE OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE CLUB, LONDON
Photograph by Paul Highnam. All images are available for purchase from the Country Life Picture Library.
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Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.
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