
Will Hosie
Will Hosie, our Lifestyle Editor, writes Country Life's Stuff & Nonsense column and looks after the magazine's London Life pages. He edits the Frontispiece and the annual Gentleman's Life supplement, and contributes regular features on lifestyle, food and frivolities.
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For the first time in five centuries, Catholic worshippers in England and Wales may soon outnumber ProtestantsNew figures suggest that Britain’s youth has found God. Catholicism, in particular, is proving popular.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Would you move to Dubai?Dubai has warm weather, low taxes and an entrepreneurial mindset, but is it enough to tempt Will Hosie to move?
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A lifelong Londoner on how to beat the throngs and make the most of the city this ChristmasToo few people know how to do Christmas right, says Will Hosie. Here are his tips and tricks for navigating the capital this festive season.
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When Chelsea was grazing and pasture, not gazing and posture, this house was a Georgian dairy. Now it's a townhouse on SW3's swishest streetWill Hosie takes a look at The Old Dairy, a beautiful old home in SW3 that's seen the entire area grow up around it.
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What is everyone talking about this week: (Whisper it) is smoking back?You’d be forgiven for thinking that young people are a bunch of mopes, who refuse to drink, go dancing or have sex and are ruining British nightlife for all — but you're wrong, says Will Hosie.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Seasonal depression has struck many of us down, but a bigger problem lies in our misunderstanding of happinessAs winter beckons, many of us will lament the halcyon days where the sun shone all day and we weren't glued to our screens to escape. The grass is always greener...
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In search of London’s earliest pintEarly houses — pubs open in the early hours to feed and water the market trade — have been a cornerstone of London for centuries. Yet, as Will Hosie finds, they aren’t stuck in the past.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Is the Golden Age of fine dining over?It currently costs a restaurant around £35 to procure a Dover sole, but they cannot list said fish for anymore than £45. So, does the current financial climate spell an end to fine dining?
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What is everyone talking about this week: More than half the country owns a pet and nearly half our marriages end in divorce — no wonder pet-nups are on the risePet-nups, a formal agreement between couples over what should happen to their pets in the event of a split, are on the rise.
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What is everyone talking about this week: The great generational wealth transfer foretold by the financial press has already begun in the form of given heirloomsIf you're planning to propose to someone forget Graff or Cartier because it's time for tea with Granny.
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A true gent lets his hair down on a Wednesday: Inside our Savile Row party to celebrate the publication of Gentleman's Life'The party marked the ten-year anniversary of Gentleman's Life and it was, fittingly, a party for the ages.'
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What is everyone talking about this week: Why we love period dramaObservers cite a need for escapism, but Will Hosie thinks there's more to our enduring love of a period drama.
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What is everyone talking about this week? How to be a patriotA British 'GQ' cover has sparked questions about how to be a patriot amid today's culture wars.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Does Britain need its own Met Gala?Will Hosie questions what form the British Museum's upcoming fundraising gala should take.
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What is everyone talking about this week? Forget British wine, British olive oil is the next pot of goldWeek in, week out, Will Hosie rounds up the hottest topics on everyone's lips, in London and beyond.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Can AI pass aesthetic judgement?Someone asked ChatGPT and Gemini what the most beautiful city in Britain is. Their answer seems fair. Where does that leave us?
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How American political refugees, economic migrants and devoted Anglophiles are transforming LondonOne luxury restaurant, apartment and tennis court at a time.
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Raising the steaks: Which native animal produces the best beef?We tasked eight gourmands — including food writer Tom Parker Bowles and chef Jackson Boxer — to find out which native British cow produces the best côte de boeuf.
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Diversity in style and diversity in location: London's best art is all around usLondon's hotels, pubs and restaurants show the great depth of the capital's artistic tastes.
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'Nowadays, little separates the literati from the glitterati': Britain's literary festivals are this season's hot ticketsBritain is synonymous with the literary festival, says Will Hosie, and they are only growing in popularity.
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What is everyone talking about this week? Is this British wine’s best year yet?Wineries are expanding and tourism is booming.
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Manolo Blahnik on Margot Robbie, Marie Antoinette, fashion and footwearThe shoe might feel inconsequential as an item of fashion, but as Marie Antoinette, Andy Warhol, Margot Robbie and Manolo Blahnik demonstrate, it's anything but....
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Lady Bamford's next act: The Cotswold Curated Craft FairThe inaugural Cotswold Curated Craft Fair will bring together the country’s leading artists, sculptors and designers.
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What is everyone talking about this week? Is peated whisky living on borrowed time?What is the best use of £60? Buying a bottle of peat.
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