All content Archive | May 2025

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May 31st
- What would you do with 2,780 acres of pristine land in Dumfries & Galloway?
- Nanjizal Beach lets you experience a very different Cornwall to headline-hogging Land's End
- The Salt Path: The 630-mile trail that saved one couple’s life and inspired Britain to lace up its walking shoes
- ‘In Rome, you can see through the cracks of the world into all of human history’: Assouline's new book is a visual declaration of love to the Eternal City
May 30th
- George Orwell, Skyscrapers and The Chronicles of Narnia: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 30, 2025
- 'When you are blind, your physical world is only as far as your arms can reach, but with my guide dog, my world is limitless'
- If this five-bedroom home in Oxfordshire was good enough for the Emperor of Japan, it's good enough for you
- The first new botanical gardens to be created in the UK in almost 200 years is celebrating its 25th birthday
- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Timepiece: Are men really wearing smaller watches?
- The beauty’s in the detail: How English stone specialist Artorius Faber helped to bring Country Life's Chelsea stand to life
May 29th
- Keira Knightley's youthful roles, Spanish squid and a made-up language: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 29, 2025
- Capability Brown's former Cambridgeshire home lives up to its rich history, and comes with two apple trees planted by the man himself
- Schumacher's winning 2001 Ferrari sells for €15.98 million in Monaco
- Gill Meller's recipe for a herb-filled tart that makes the most of Spring produce
- Mawgan Creek: The unspoilt antidote to some of Cornwall's busier corners
May 28th
- Flint Homes
- Sea Containers London: The 1980s called and it wants its bedroom back
- A Victorian chapel in the South Downs ascends into glory as a four-bedroom family home
- Hollywood power couples, song lyrics and expensive spices: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 28, 2025
- 'Here in the South West, we value our seafood. We celebrate it': Mitch Tonks on his new Salcombe restaurant and the state of our fishing industry
- Country Life 28 May 2025
- Sophia Money-Coutts: How do you cater for tiresome guests on Ozempic?
May 27th
- Leonardo da Vinci, Concorde and Paradise Lost: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 27, 2025
- Chelsea Flower Show 2025: Take a peek behind-the-scenes of the Country Life stand
- An enchanting waterside home overlooking one of Cornwall's most charming coves
- Poppy Okotcha: The model-turned-gardener who swapped the catwalk for the vegetable patch
- Young at art: Meet the new generation of Young British Artists
May 26th
- The Devon house and estate that inspired The Forsyte Saga has come up for sale
- Spitfire vs Mount Everest, an unusual theft and baby sharks: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 26, 2025
- 'The few days on the show ground are exhilarating, but it’s the garden’s legacy that truly excites us': What happens to the gardens after Chelsea Flower Show
- This property is a scream: Stanley Kubrick’s former Hertfordshire home, where he worked on The Shining, is up for sale
- Dollar Cove's name gets it all wrong — it's a Cornwall beach that's worth a million
May 25th
- ‘If you’re second, you’re the first loser’: F1 Academy Champion Abbi Pulling on winning, filming with Netflix and what it will take for a woman to race in Formula 1
- Five simply magical homes for sale, from £1m to £10m, as seen in Country Life
- Arthur Parkinson: Ruffled feathers and a bad attitude — my guide on how to deal with broody hens
- Glyndebourne House: The 'entrancing' home with an organ so enormous that 'it brought plaster crashing down from the ceiling when it was first played'
- 'We don’t expect to catch monsters in British seas': The return of the bluefin tuna
May 24th
- Ospreys: The bird that went extinct in Britain for 40 years, and its journey to conservation success story
- A former artist's studio for sale in Chelsea that could become the finest home in SW3
- 'Daniel Day Lewis rang up one day... he wanted us to make him one in a Staithes pattern': Why the gansey jumper is still a compelling yarn
- Time for the 'Chelsea Chop': The garden job to do as the Chelsea Flower Show ends which will give you more, better, healthier flowers for the rest of the summer
- The Old Bell, Malmesbury: England's oldest hotel meets Lone Star style to create something special
May 23rd
- Crenellations meet all mod cons at this gloriously practical Devon castle
- A feast of ideas: What to expect at WOW!house 2025
- Kittens, ice cream and insurance fraud: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 23, 2025
- The breathtaking Cornish cove that's 'like something from a fantasy'
- 'If I was a plant, I'd want to be seen at Chelsea': Country Life's Editor Mark Hedges on his favourite things from the 2025 Chelsea Flower Show
May 22nd
- Country Life's entirely unofficial Chelsea Flower Show 2025 awards
- The prawn identity: Tom Parker Bowles on his love of the classic prawn cocktail
- Re-lighthouse my fire: This secluded Scottish lighthouse conversion with views of the Old Man of Hoy could be your new home
- Prince George, Stevie Wonder and Land's End to John O'Groats: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 22, 2025
- From 'Gerroff my land' to 'Get on my land': Farmers are keen to set the record straight with Open Farm Sunday 2025
- A picture-perfect Cotswolds manor house with magical gardens and an ancient orchard
May 21st
- An elegant country house that comes with 63 gloriously unspoilt acres of Devon, and 400 fascinating years of history
- The flat Mick Jagger shared with Keith Richards, and more Chelsea-themed fun: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 21, 2025
- Five best things to see in the Great Pavilion at the Chelsea Flower Show
- David Attenborough and Jeremy Clarkson are the celebrities that best represent our countryside, according to Gen Z
- Goodwoof: 'The remarkable thing is how few incidents of biting there are, from dogs and owners'
May 20th
- Steel, murmurations and campanology: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 20, 2025
- A tranquil cottage in Essex where Grayson Perry used to do his paper round
- The joy of English stone
- 'It's perfect': The lush and charming RHS Garden of the Year at Chelsea Flower Show 2025
- See all the medallists from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025
- Monty Don's dog, The King's new rose and the 'perfect' garden: What not to miss at the Chelsea Flower Show 2025
- The capital's largest free flower festival blooms again in Chelsea
- Alan Titchmarsh and Richard Osman will headline this year’s Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Chatsworth
May 19th
- A home of horticultural and architectural grandeur for sale near Banbury
- Centipedes, honeybees and tall churches: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 19, 2025
- Chelsea Flower Show 2025: Welcome to Country Life's 'Outdoor Drawing Room'
- What the Dickens! Celebrate 100 years of the Charles Dickens Museum alongside the great novelist's family
May 18th
- Aston Martin Vantage Roadster: Feel the wind, hear the roar and don't forget to have fun
- 22 charming country homes for sale, from £500k to £3m, as seen in Country Life
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: The 'Marquis of Marmite' who wants to paint your house
- It's your dog's world and we're just living in it: a sidecar and 14 more fabulous products for your canine companion
- Bowood: A tale of demolition, rebirth and the visionary owner who threw open the gates of one of Britain's greatest estates
May 17th
- An effortlessly contemporary home in Surrey for quiet contemplation
- Wigs, Weddings, Powder and Palaces: Live out your Bridgerton fantasies at the Old Royal Naval College in London
- Luke Edward Hall’s consuming passions: ‘I like listening to ambient electronic music, particularly dungeon synth’
- Hampnett House: A Gloucestershire garden where an empty, squelchy lawn has been replaced by 'gorgeous flowery generosity'
May 16th
- Curious Questions: Where did the viral Instagram Shaker kitchen come from — and how is it linked to Quakerism?
- Curiosity abounds in Kent at Flimwell Grange, where an old brandy vat is now a pool house
- Tom Cruise's big break, and the English countryside's greatest painting: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 16, 2025
- 'Nowadays, you can barely throw a heavy brick without it hitting a garden designer’: The renaissance of the country garden
- No roads, no cars, no problem: Norman Foster and Porsche collaborate on transportation hub in Venice
- London is a happy city, but not the happiest city, according to new research
May 15th
- You're all invited to Cecil Beaton's Garden Party
- Chelsea Flower Show 2025: Ten things not to miss in what promises to be a superb year at the world's greatest horticultural show
- Swim above the competition in London's highest outdoor pool
- M*A*S*H*, Myosis and the Montgolfiers: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 15, 2025
- The thrillingly bleak Devon house that inspired The Hound of the Baskervilles is now part of a peaceful farmyard retreat
- One puffin, two puffin, three puffin, four: The National Trust’s puffin count gets underway on the Farne Islands
- Business at the front, party at the rear: Ravensbury Lodge in Devon, a four-bed conversion on the market with stunning views of the River Dart
May 14th
- The most picturesque town in Scotland, and did someone survive a fall from 33,333ft? Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 14, 2025
- Four stands not to miss at the Chelsea Flower Show
- Chillingham Castle: The place 'of imagination and beauty' where 'every room is filled with eye-catching objects'
- Sir David Attenborough’s record-breaking Nature documentary reveals the devastating effects of bottom trawling on our oceans
- Laverstoke Park, the iconic home of Formula One World Champion Jody Scheckter, roars onto the market
- Country Life May 14, 2025
May 13th
- London Craft Week: Rolls-Royce demonstrates the true beauty of real artisanship
- Name that dog: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 13, 2025
- ‘I only ever want to be there when the circus is in town’: Everything you need to know about Cannes ahead of the famous Film Festival
- Country Life 7 May 2025
- Tony Juniper: 'King Charles is the most influential environmentalist of all time'
- No Mr Bond, we expect you to buy: Sean Connery's former villa on the French Riviera could be yours
- Newly released photographs reveal pioneering role of women in wartime photography
May 12th
- A woolly mammoth skeleton is among the curiosities for sale to save fire-ravaged Parnham Park
- The ‘utterly unique’ skincare brand that’s used in the ‘world’s best hotel’ spa
- Britain's longest suspension bridge? Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 12, 2025
- Knight Frank’s Eco-Friendly Homes
- The final designs for Queen Elizabeth II's national memorial have been released — now it's time to have your say
- The Swatch ScubAqua collection is ‘a Woolworths pick-and-mix counter for your wrist’
May 11th
- Five Cotswold dream homes on the market from £3m to £18m, as seen in Country Life
- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: 'Nature’s ephemeral beauty reminds us of our own finite existence'
- BMW X7 M60i: A car that can somehow do absolutely everything
- Kermit the frog, a silver-horned goat and Charles III’s 69ft-long coronation record star in a groundbreaking exhibition
- Radbourne Hall, Derbyshire: The Palladian masterpiece reborn as a 21st century family home
- Urban beekeeping — from the illegal rooftop hives in New York City to Chelsea Flower Show
May 10th
- A modern masterpiece for sale in Cornwall that's just one mile from the beach
- 'All the floral world wants to do is procreate': Why pollen is nothing to sneeze at
- Josephine Baker and the remarkable women of espionage who helped win the Second World War
- 10 outstanding British gardens from the Country Life Archive
- A rollercoaster, Bauhaus department store and Brutalist football stand top the latest Buildings at Risk List
May 9th
- The National Gallery rehang: 'It is a remarkable feat to hang more with the feeling of less', but the male gaze is still dominant
- Lutyens's last masterpiece comes up for sale in Oxfordshire, with 27 bedrooms and a cricket pitch
- Angels, kings and fluffy bunnies; Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 9, 2025
- Living La Dolce Vita: Skye McAlpine's Italian-inspired pop-up opens in Belgravia
- A 10-bedroom manor house in the heart of the Cotswolds with all the trimmings
May 8th
- Bye bye hamper, hello hot sauce: Fortnum & Mason return to their roots with a new collection of ingredients and cookware
- Sheep-herding dogs, The Archers and Sir David Attenborough: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 8, 2025
- A seven bedroom Buckinghamshire rectory that might be a little haunted
- 18 inspiring ideas to help you make the most of meals in the garden this summer
- Chelsea Flower Show 2025: The essential guide for first timers
- Over the Hills and Far Away: Robert Plant's Welsh hideaway is up for sale
May 7th
- Period charm and contemporary tastes collide in an eight-bedroom listed home in Durham
- Garden gnomes and the March sisters: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 7, 2025
- Behind the secret garden door at 10, Downing Street
- Game, set, match: Jack Draper, Lorenzo Musetti and Holger Rune to light up London's Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic
- A charmingly unspoilt 17th century farmhouse for sale in the Cotswolds' 'Golden Triangle'
- Sell your valuables with ease with The Antique Buying Collective
May 6th
- How many bees, Channel 4 and a Catch 22: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 6, 2025
- Tasburgh Hall: From a Buddhist centre to a seven-bedroom family home in 23 acres
- Lights, camera, country house, action: The gorgeous estates where The Gentlemen and Bridgerton were filmed
- Crossing the Alps on horseback and gap years in Mongolia, with Louis D Hall
- Chelsea Flower Show 2025: The first garden designed by a dog
May 5th
- The young British flower farmers championing sustainable growing
- Old homes in new lights: A look at contemporary property photography
- The last ‘private’ photograph of F1 driver Ayrton Senna taken before his death goes on display in London
- Open house: How to join in the fun at Britain's finest country homes
May 4th
- Five outstanding properties, from 3,000 acres in Wales to Robert Plant's old home, as seen in Country Life
- Ben Randall: Why your dog behaves for some people, but not others
- Lotus Emira Turbo SE: If you want to experience the last 'real' Lotus, now is the time
- Vann: The Surrey country house that 'captures the spirit of English architecture'
- Sir David Attenborough: 'The next 100 years could either witness a mass extinction of ocean life or a spectacular recovery'
May 3rd
- A villa from paradise on Koh Samui where the pool might be bigger than the house
- ‘Greece — it’s eternal and makes me feel ancient and youthful at the same time’: Isabel Ettedgui’s Consuming Passions
- 'It was like Fawlty Towers at first': How diversification keeps the country house standing
- The world is your oyster and here is the pearl: How to spend £100,000 on a holiday
- Testing times: Inside the RHS's Trials Garden at RHS Wisley
May 2nd
- The designer's room: How rare, 19th-century wallpaper was repurposed inside a Grade I-listed apartment complex on London's Piccadilly
- The heroine's name in 'Rebecca' and a strange coffee subsitute: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 2, 2025
- The chronograph watch: 'You can use it to time a furlong, a boat race, a lap of a Grand Prix or, for that matter, an egg'
- A six bedroom Grade II-listed hall set in eight acres of serene grounds in Norfolk
- Country Life is hiring
May 1st
- What to bake this weekend: Xanthe Ross's chocolate chip and almond butter cookies
- Britain's fastest mammal, a tropical tester and a Scottish estate: Country Life Quiz of the Day, May 1, 2025
- Flower power: Garden features that could add the most value to your home
- Chelsea Flower Show 2025: Where to eat, where to drink and where to shop
- Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curves
- Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?