The first issue was published January 8, 1897 — Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee year — under the exacting eye of its founding editor, Edward Hudson. Advertisements cluttered the front page — they were not confined to the inside until 1941 — the Frontispiece was a middle-aged Earl of Suffolk and the articles covered a remarkably wide range of topics, from the rules of Association Football, to, rather more expectedly, the country house. Its success was instant.
And in February 2025, we expanded our online offering, reaching an ever-growing Country Life audience in the process.
As well as property, we cover the best bits of the British countryside, from country house hotels to dogs and the people who live and work in it, cultural events of interest — at home and abroad — interiors, gardens, cars and all things style. We move in time with the seasons — who isn’t buoyed by the ritual sight of snowdrops, signalling the first days of Spring — believe in having fun, and like to bring you stories you likely can’t find anywhere else, written by leading and emerging voices.
We are a guardian of the past and a blueprint for the future.
Welcome to Country Life.
Contact Country Life
Address: Future Publishing Ltd, 121-141, Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London W2 6JR
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Canine muses: Lucian Freud's etchings of Pluto the whippet are among his most popular and expensive workIn the third edition of our limited series, we meet the dogs who've inspired some of our greatest artists.
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Four country houses with their own tennis courts, as seen in Country LifeIf Wimbledon has put you in the mood for more tennis, Annunciata Elwes is here with a selection of homes with their own tennis courts.
