All content Archive | January 2026

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January 16th
- For Hairy Biker Si King, the secret ingredients will always be hard work and community
- This 18th century watermill saved from the verge of collapse has become a spectacular 21st century home
- What do Taylor Swift, Guy Ritchie and The King have in common? They all love a 200-year-old fabric born in Scotland’s textile mills
January 15th
- Reimagined by Sir Edwin Lutyens for Victoria Sackville-West, a Brighton home for sale in the Regency square that inspired 'Alice in Wonderland'
- From Boudica to Bohemian Rhapsody: how well do you know your queens? Find out in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, January 15, 2026
- Three plants to grow in 2026 that are as delicious as they are pretty, from Siberian chives to 'Turkish warty cabbage'
- The Glovebox: Fashion that's fast and five of our favourite Concours for 2026
- ‘The pair drove to Belgium in their Mini and returned with the chair wrapped in duvets’: The mother-and-daughter duo that brought a converted Cotswolds barn back to life
- Make sure you don't skip these South of England art and history highlights
January 14th
- A six-bedroom Highland lodge on the shores of Loch Ness for the price of a modest London flat
- How much do you know about Hilary Mantel, the oldest Oscar winners and world's most expensive race? It's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, January 14, 2026
- 'Why do the Americans insist on calling a perfectly ordinary walk a hike?': A snob's guide to staying fit
- The 'micro mosaic' at Holkham Hall that uses a fascinating, unusual technique pioneered by the Vatican
- Above the clouds to beat the crowds: Where to stay in Wales if you want to conquer the 'other' Snowdon
- The seven artistic wonders of the Midlands to put on your bucket list
January 13th
- Lancasters, literature and vegetables: how well do you know your kings? Find out in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, January 13, 2026
- From the front line to the front row: A potted history of the Wellington boot and some of our favourites to buy right now
- 1,000 issues and counting: Mark Hedges on two decades editing Country Life magazine
- Country Life January 14, 2026
- Tate-à-tête: The National Gallery’s promise to grow its modern-art collection risks reopening old wounds
- The world's grandest student house is for sale, with cinema, steam room, roof garden, and a starring role as Oscar Wilde's Bohemian hotspot
- Top arts and culture things to see in Wales — that give you a real sense of our shared history
January 12th
- Agatha Christie and the murder mystery: A bloody-good legacy
- Royal weddings and exotic animals feature in Country Life's Quiz of the Day, January 12, 2026
- Inside the 19th century château in St Tropez where hotel guests are ferried to the beach in Rolls-Royces and season four of The White Lotus is about to start filming
- What is everyone talking about this week: January is the worst month of the year. Here's 15 ways to make it fun
- Find out what remains of the colossal country house whose 'corpulent buffoon' of an owner had it blown up with vast quantities of gunpowder
January 11th
- Volvo ES90: If you want the world's finest interiors for less than £100,000, ask the Swedes
- The 3,000-year-old dog built to survive temperatures as low as –60°C
- Six great country houses, from £1.2 million to £13.5 million, as seen in Country Life
- Seeing the centuries old specimens of Carl Linnaeus in a new light
- The light, heavenly mills that 'rival the splendour of the great palaces of Venice', built beside a canal in West Yorkshire
January 10th
- A 1960s pop star's 'iconic' mansion right by the water's edge in one of prettiest spots on the Thames
- Scotland's unmissable art and history touchstones — and where to find them
- Making sense of the cider soaked wassail
- Revelstoke is the heli-skiing capital of the world, where legendary powder, lethal lines and famous names collide
- Alan Titchmarsh: Everything you think you know about ivy is probably wrong
January 9th
- This treasure-filled palace for sale was built by one of the greatest architects of the 18th century, and became the birthplace of Italy as we know it
- From mobile phones to meteor showers: it’s the Country Life Quiz of the Day, January 9, 2026
- The ultimate guide to London in the rain, from the best cosy pubs and restaurants to spas, saunas and cinemas, and what to wear
- The enduring allure of menus from ancient civilisations to modern day, via the revolutionary France
- What to see in the North of England if you want to learn more about the artistic history of our country
January 8th
- The last house built by Edwin Lutyens, an Oxfordshire masterpiece with 27 bedrooms and its own cricket pitch, has had a £3 million price cut
- Baby, it's cold outside, so cosy up and try the Country Life Quiz of the Day for January 8
- The railway station gardens that bring a touch of bucolic bliss to an ordinary train ride
- 'You should need little reminding that the 1980s are back': Country Life's interior-design predictions for 2026
- London is teeming with things that define our artistic history — here's how you can visit them
January 7th
- The 'new Notting Hill': A world of beautiful architecture, one-bedroom flats with seven-figure price tags, and the sort of private gardens where Hugh Grant might kiss Julia Roberts
- Hot rocks, impassable jungles and many, many eels: The Country Life Quiz of the Day for January 7 has landed
- This new hotel medi-spa in Morocco has got tongues wagging for all the right reasons — and it’s nearly as big as The White House
- The 400-year-old floors perfectly preserved in the house that inspired Charles Dickens to create Miss Havisham's mansion
- Your own private Mediterranean retreat, with The Thinking Traveller
- Sophia Money-Coutts: A snob's guide to making it through Dry January
- From a spectacular funerary monument to a victory Armada portrait: Here are our must-see treasures in the East of England
January 6th
- It's the first Country Life Quiz of the Day in 2026. How much do you remember about last year?
- ‘Live in the country (or, failing that, Kensington Square) and wear navy’: A brief history of the colour that never goes out of style
- Endangered bumblebees, sifting spoonbills and trespassing tortoises: Britain's railway network is a wildlife haven
- Country Life January 7, 2026
- The artistic and historical treasures in Ireland that you must visit at least once in a lifetime
January 5th
- A 300-year-old home with grace, style and history, yet unlisted and exempt from mansion tax
- 'I first read this as a teenager and was open-mouthed at the sharp satire and the normalising of deep eccentricity': The books that the Country Life team return to again and again and again
- What is everyone talking about this year: The countryside news that will definitely dominate the headlines in 2026, according to Country Life
January 4th
- A Venetian palazzo that entranced John Ruskin and was painted by Monet is for sale — but beware, it’s cursed
- Hamnet won the top film award at the 2026 Golden Globes — but where in the British countryside was it filmed?
- Our cathedrals are 'by far the most important works of architecture in Britain', and Exeter is a perfect 21st century update to a medieval masterpiece
January 3rd
- The nearest thing you'll get to a beach house in London: this four-bedroom Georgian home for sale that's right by the water's edge
- Tickled pink: Jewellery designers are united in their love for colourful gemstones
- Country Life's top 10 travel articles of 2025, including the Scottish survival experience beloved by David Beckham and what a A-list ski resort does when it stops getting snow
January 2nd
- A huge farmhouse that mixes Georgian charm with an 80 foot party barn and a swimming pool
- The lynx effect: It's about time to reintroduce this shy predator
January 1st
- The 12 types of hangover, from 'Backwards Binoculars' to 'Titanic', and how to cure them all
- What to expect from Country Life in 2026