How to make a blackcurrant and quark cake to make the most of this succulent summer berry
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a mouthwatering blackcurrant cake recipe.
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a mouthwatering blackcurrant cake recipe.
Take a look inside Country Life 11 May 2022, our very special issue commemorating the magazine's 125th anniversary.
New furniture, wallpaper, rugs and accessories to enjoy, selected by Amelia Thorpe.
As we tentatively start to believe that Spring might be here — or at least not too far away — Amelia Thorpe makes her pick of some of the best conservatories and conservatory furniture.
The peerless Barry Cryer on self-obsessed humour, an eczema cure and Boris Johnson.
She was a brilliant observer of boxers, ballet dancers, gypsies, horses, coastlines and women at war. To overlook the vitality of Dame Laura Knight’s work is nothing short of snobbery, argues Ian Collins.
For centuries before literary greats and intellectuals borrowed its name, Bloomsbury was a bucolic slice of countryside. Carla Passino takes a look at its history.
Penny Churchill takes a look at Conford Park House, a beautiful Arts-and-Crafts home in Hampshire that's been extensively modernised.
Famous for urging us to have nothing in our homes that is not useful or beautiful, William Morris’s masterful command of pattern and Arts-and-Crafts design masked a deeply unhappy marriage, says Michael Montagu.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Thomas the Tank Engine, van Gogh’s head, a pair of Levi’s and a Tyrannosaurus Rex... Julie Harding enters the weird world of Cameron Balloons.
What resources are needed to save a country house on the brink? Lucy Denton investigates.
The smartest kit for outdoor cooks, chosen by Amelia Thorpe.
Mark Diacono has three strict guidelines for what he will and won't cultivate himself — yet cauliflower has forced his hand. He explains why.
Amelia Thorpe takes a look at Max Rollitt's design for a kitchen in a beautiful Georgian rectory.
If you're after a labrador — aka 'the world's favourite dog' — you'll need to take some expert advice.
2020 saw a disturbing rise in sewage being dumped in British rivers, but new schemes are popping up to clean up our waterways — and some are even on their way to receiving Environment Agency clean-water standards. Annunciata Elwes reports.
Your four-legged friend deserves to step out in style, says Hetty Lintell.
Martin Fone discovers nothing is quite as it seems in the world of Jaffa Cakes — including whether they are a biscuit or a cake or whether chocolate sits at the top.