Country Life10h
The farmers who embrace the right to roam: ‘Farming can be isolating… it’s really nice when we get people through the yard’
Chairing the discussion, Amy-Jane Beer from Right to Roam noted that ‘farmers need to reconnect with their communities as ...
Country Life5d
Be more squirrel: What you can learn from Britain’s favourite woodland animal, plus Valentines for cheapskates and our Quiz of the Day
Take a leaf out of the book of the red squirrel, and try our quiz of the day. It was Squirrel Appreciation Day this week, and ...
Country Life4d
Totally tropical Tresco: The English country garden that brings the tropics to the British Isles
A warm reception awaits visitors to Tresco Abbey Garden — the home of Robert and Lucy Dorrien-Smith — where the year-round ...
Country Life3d
Moor Park: How one of Britain’s great architectural treasures was saved by golf
In the second of two articles, William Aslet explains how the opulent interiors of Moor Park, Hertfordshire, were completed ...
Country Life5d
‘Were the soil a jungle, the worm would be its elephant’: Why everything you thought about soil is probably wrong
Did you know that soil contains 59% of all the earth's species? As an exhibition at Somerset House, exploring its vital role ...
Country Life7d
Dawn Chorus: Rent a house with a shark in the roof, red squirrels run riot in Yorkshire and superstitious planning enforcement
And so the Headington Shark, a symbol of protest against nuclear weapons and war, was allowed to remain wedged into the roof ...
Country Life3d
The winter vegetable that’s ‘the prince of accompaniments to a joint of meat’
Roast it in autumn and winter and it is the prince of accompaniments to a joint of meat. The pity of the parsnip in the ...
Country Life7d
Hampshire better to visit than the Galapagos Islands? It’s not so crazy as you might think
Jane Austen's England — and Hampshire in particular — are being lauded in the anniversary year of the author's birth. And ...
Country Life6d
Right on time: Our Luxury Editor’s favourites from LVMH Watch Week
Doesn’t time go by so fast? LVMH Watch Week is back for its sixth iteration and there are plenty of new and old faces to ...
Country Life2d
Salmon fishing and other stories, with Marina Gibson
The angler extraordinaire joins the Country Life Podcast to talk fishing, conservation and bagpipes on the River Tay.
Country Life7d
Freddie Mercury’s London bathroom, perfectly recreated in a family home in Surrey
This Drummonds designed bathroom is a faithful replica of Freddie Mercury's London one, used on the set of his Bohemian ...
Country Life1d
John Goodall
Saints alive: How St Albans Cathedral has entered the 21st century in vibrant style, thanks to sculptors, artisans and dazzling colour projections The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans is one of ...