A dairy farmer's view of Jaipur, the city where traffic stops for sacred cows
Jamie Blackett files his final Farming Life column from the pink city in India, and reflects on how different cultures treat their methane-producing ruminants.
Jamie Blackett files his final Farming Life column from the pink city in India, and reflects on how different cultures treat their methane-producing ruminants.
The RHS is best-known for its shows and gardens but it's the work behind the scenes which has made the biggest mark. Tiffany Daneff pays tribute to a remarkable institution as it reaches a major milestone.
Country Life's columnist Agromenes believes the tide of public opinion is turning against vegetarian and vegan alternative foods.
Our columnist Alan Titchmarsh reflects on 60 years of gardening.
The people who worked the patchwork farms of Ireland until just a few decades ago are all but gone, laments Jonathan Self.
Martin Fone on the brave men of the RNLI, and the tales of Louisa and Forrest Hall.
'There is beauty and there is poverty, order and corruption' — Carla Carlisle on Karen Blixen and Kenya.
Martin Fone talks about one of the great quirks of language which divide Britain and America.
On a dull February morning, John Lewis-Stempel is consumed by childhood memories of the allure of the seashore, from the rhythmic, cresting waves and slippery seaweed of all shapes and hues to the shell-studded sand.
After a disastrous 2023 fishing season, Joe Gibbs is hoping for better.
Country Life's columnist Agromenes urges us to take a cold, hard look at the way we grow and consume food.
Galloway farmer Jamie Blackett on duck dating, snowdrop splitting, welcoming avian visitors and manning the barricades against an unwanted national park.
Helen Rebanks, the bestselling author who became Britain's favourite farmer's wife, joins the Country Life podcast.
Alexander Darwall, the landowner at the centre of the legal battle over wild camping on Dartmoor, explains why he has chosen to go to the Supreme Court about the issue.
'Bonfires spring up in my wake,' says Jason Goodwin. 'Brambles part before me like the Red Sea.'
Cumbrian farmer Douglas Chalmers weighs the pros and cons of living in a national park.
After 75 years, the job required of national parks has changed. They now need to be hothouses of Nature recovery, and it’s time we got on with it, says Julian Glover.
A happy Patrick Galbraith celebrates his engagement by tempting fate in inspiringly cavalier fashion.