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'It was always his fever dream... his manifesto': London’s strangest house blends art, modernity and science, and it's just thrown open its doors to visitorsThe Cosmic House is a paean to American architect Charles Jencks’s belief that the universe can be made cosy.
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What is everyone talking about this week: No verbiage, please, we're BritishWhat makes a good writer? Clarity is usually a good start. Yet LinkedIn users and job spec authors don't seem to have got the memo. Could AI help them? Will Hosie is doubtful.
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A Victorian stable block that became a fun-filled (and award-winning) family home in one of the leafiest parts of LondonThis house down the road from Kew Gardens shows just what can be done with a 19th century home — and it's looking for new owners. Will Hosie steps inside.
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The lunch menu is where it's atOsip's announcement of a new table d’hôte menu shows that fine dining is having to be more flexible than ever.
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One of Primrose Hill’s best houses is on sale for £6.35 millionA sensitively upgraded home with original cornicing and an indoor trellis? Will Hosie is intrigued.
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What is everyone talking about this week: How to get rid of the foxes on your roof?A skulk of foxes has occupied the roof of Google's building in King's Cross for close to a year. The tech behemoth wants them gone: but where will they go?
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What is everyone talking about this week: Walk more slowly, will you?It should not necessarily follow that Spring begets a spring in one's step. Indeed, there is more to be said in this fair season for slowing down.
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The countdown to Spud-ageddon is on: Why potato farmers are in perilPotato farmers are experiencing a downturn in demand so significant, they’ve wound up with a surplus of spuds. Will Hosie investigates why and what you can do about it (spoiler alert: eat more spuds).
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What is everyone talking about this week: Where have all the rabbits gone?There used to be dozens in every field, emerging at springtime and dancing around us in a pastoral conga line. Where are they now?
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'We are here to champion British farmers who produce wonderful milk, meat, vegetables and eggs': The Country Life team's favourite farm shopsMore and more of us are choosing to buy produce directly from farms.
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‘Dialogue is an extension of feeling. If I don’t remember a line, it’s because I haven’t understood why I was saying it’: Claire Foy’s consuming passionsClaire Foy has played seminal British roles as both Elizabeth II in 'The Crown', and in 'A Very British Scandal'. In her latest film, she takes on one of our country's most beloved author's, Enid Blyton. Will Hosie meets her.
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Is this the new Bruton? How Nottinghamshire's grandest estate reinvented itselfWelbeck Abbey has been in the Portland family for nearly 300 years. The new generation has turned its once sleepy reputation around.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Why eavesdropping is backEveryone seems desperate for everyone else to hear them. Hell, London's new builds are swapping out indoor pools for podcast studios. Let's all lean in, shall we?
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What is everyone talking about this week: Did Timothée Chalamet's comments on ballet and opera cost him the Oscar?His odds of winning Best Actor were slashed after he said that both art forms were headed the way of the dinosaur. In the end, it is they who are having the last laugh.
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Meet the men trying to revive our pubs — and farms — for the price of oneWhen James Gummer, Phil Winser and Olivier van Themsche opened the Pelican in 2022, the pub became the sexiest place to see and be seen. It now forms part of a consortium boasting seven properties and an enviable farm-to-table model, which its founders believe can help revive the English countryside.
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What is everyone talking about this week: The man creating the new Turner PrizeLouis Elton, an alumnus of both Oxford and Cambridge, believes innovative artisanship is the answer to Britain's challenges. Now, he's launching a prize for what he calls the country's 'misfit makers'.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Longevity? I think farmers invented that...The longevity-industrial complex is making trillions recasting time-old ideas as radical breakthroughs. Wait till its enlightened advocates hear about the countryside
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The only thing better than a stately home is a stately home in wooden miniatureMeet George Barham — the gifted woodcarver who can turn your family pile into a wooden masterpiece.
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The hype over Wuthering Heights has reached fever pitch. A new podcast from the team behind The Rest Is History is cutting through the noiseHistorian Dominic Sandbrook is teaming up with his longtime producer, Tabitha Syrett, on their new programme The Book Club. They tell Country Life about their own favourite books and what everyone gets wrong about Brontë's novel.
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'The most beautiful house for sale in London' is a six-bedroom home with a walled garden that backs on to Greenwich ParkWill Hosie takes a look at Crooms Hill — and immediately starts figuring out how to raise three million pounds.
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What is everyone talking about this week: How to make the most of wetter wintersWith constant storms throughout January and February, 2026 has confirmed climate science's view that British winters are becoming rainier. The least we can do is embrace this
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‘Please, for heaven’s sake, not a pear-shaped diamond with a gold band’: Proposal etiquette for the modern manValentine's Day unsurprisingly ranks as one of the top dates each year for proposals. But how to make sure you are doing it right?
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What have the Romans ever done for us? For one thing, taught us the art of seductionMore Britons are single, unmarried or living alone now than at any other point in history. Our predecessors might offer ways out of the rut — and into each other's arms.
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The W1 set is up in arms about Liz Truss's roof terrace. But what is a members' club without one?The former Prime Minister is launching a new club in Mayfair's Leconfield House, angering local residents who've complained prematurely of the ruckus this is certain to cause.
