The cool kids, I’ve observed — let’s say those under 30 — have their socks on show. Similarly, almost everyone in my gym ...

This month saw the launch of Hortistry, a horticulture scheme championed by some of the finest gardeners in the country — and ...

A few years ago, I travelled to the northernmost reaches of Scotland and visited the Shetland Islands, where I hoped I might encounter a giant sea creature. Its dorsal fin alone, sticking up above the ...

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Richard Collett has spent years travelling Britain to discover what our borders say about us. He joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast.

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.

Whatever age the grower or however experienced the gardener, little beats the magic of seeing a tulip bud opening. Months after planting those satin-smooth, chestnut-coloured bulbs, the moment has ...

'Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye,’ declared lawyer, writer and serious eater Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Although his sentiments may err somewhat on the side of the ...

Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of ...

The common toad has always enjoyed a special place in our national imagination, but its numbers have been declining ...

Filth also coated mudlarks, who scavenged riverbanks for valuable items. The preserve of the poverty stricken, it was still claimed as a job in the early 20th century, but has been resurrected as a ...

I first visited Fouquet’s New York in late 2022, when it had just opened and memories of the havoc wreaked by the Pandemic were starting to fade. The mood in New York felt cautiously optimistic and I ...