The rhythm of producing a magazine each week makes the year fly by. COUNTRY LIFE enjoyed a triumphant 2014, winning two major industry awards—including Magazine of the Year—as well as recording its fifth consecutive annual sales increase, which, when confirmed, will make the magazine the only one in Britain to have achieved this feat. My greatest thanks go to you for continuing your support for COUNTRY LIFE, but also to the staff who produce the magazine on the tightest of schedules to an extraordinarily high quality. They are amazing.
Next year’s General Election looms before us. The political parties haven’t served the countryside well: rural broadband is a disgrace, the country has been turned into the Wild West in terms of planning, wind farms have blotted the landscape and our food security is in crisis. As The Prince of Wales wrote in November, we, as a nation, don’t value the beauty of the countryside. People would be horrified if thugs disfigured a church or a piece of art—I feel the same way about rural Britain. This General Election offers an opportunity for the politicians to right the countryside’s wrongs and for us to insist upon it.
Country mouse celebrates Christmas
Country mouse wishes everyone a very happy Christmas.
Country mouse longs for a frost
Country mouse believes we could do with more frosts.
Country mouse considers class warfare
Country mouse believes attacking the wealthy is all the rage.
Country mouse admires the geese
Country mouse admires the geese formations in the sky.
-
The dream home that never was for one of Britain's greatest film stars, back on the market for the first time in half a centuryAnna White takes a look at the beautiful Wallers Mead, in the Buckinghamshire village full of links to Hollywood movies from James Bond to Star Wars.
-
Country Life Quiz of the Day, September 16, 2025 gets Brutal(ist)Divisive architecture is among the themes of today's quiz questions.
