The Countryside
The beauty of the British countryside and country life, from the experts at Country Life.
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Country Life 19 March 2025
Country Life 19 March 2025 looks at March hares, Lutyens's best friend and meets Britain's horticultural heroes.
By Country Life Published
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Country Life March 5, 2025
Country Life 5 March 2025 looks at Charles Dance, Charles Dickens and rates the best bakeries in London, as well as how we can get the most out of the land.
By Country Life Published
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Dukes, drug dealers, naturists and the truth about access to Britain's countryside, with Patrick Galbraith
The author, editor and journalist joins the Country Life Podcast to discuss the arguments around access to nature, ahead of the publication of his latest book.
By James Fisher Published
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Everything you need to know about Hampstead: The real star of 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy'
From Protestant Dissenters to Dame Judi Dench, Hampstead has long been synonymous with liberal values and prosperity — which is what makes it different from other parts of London. Now, it's stealing hearts the world over in the latest Bridget Jones film.
By Carla Passino Published
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Country Life 12 February 2025
Country Life 12 February 2025 looks at fine art, garden rooms and how animals fall in love.
By Country Life Published
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How the railways will save the countryside, with Gareth Dennis
The engineer and policy expert Gareth Dennis joins the Country Life Podcast.
By Toby Keel Last updated
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Country Life 5 February 2025
Country Life 5 February 2025 is our travel special with the best places to go in 2025 — plus urban foxes, PG Wodehouse and more.
By Country Life Published
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Come and work for Country Life
Have you always dreamed of working for Country Life? Well, now is your chance because the magazine is looking to fill three roles across print and digital.
By Country Life Published
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The test-tube cow, a bit of beaver bother, and the strings of Barbara Hepworth
Plus an Arts-and-Crafts delight in the Surrey Hills and the daily quiz.
By James Fisher Published
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Farmer's Life: Supermarket eggs can be several weeks old. The ones I sell are usually six hours old — but I still get customers who worry because they don't have best-before dates stamped on them
Farmers need to convince consumers that the choices they make are integral to preserving the British environment, says Douglas Chalmers
By Douglas Chalmers Published
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Carla Carlisle: We've diversified, modernised and compromise — but now we're farming at a loss again for the first time since the 'Great Betrayal'
Carla Carlisle laments what has become of Wyken Farm — and worries how much worse it may yet get.
By Carla Carlisle Published
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Minette Batters: 'There are serious questions to be asked as to whether the advice given to ministers is correct'
The former NFU President and crossbench peer worries about the effects of the latest budget, and asks why we can't test whether farmers are actually farming.
By Minette Batters Published
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When Christian Dior came to Scotland: 'I was even more struck by the beauty of the country, the castles, and the moors, than I had expected'
Seventy years after Christian Dior’s last fashion show in Scotland, the brand returned under creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri for a celebratory event honouring local craftsmanship, the beauty of the land and the Auld Alliance, explains Kim Parker.
By Country Life Published
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Agromenes: A budget of betrayal
Labour has turned it's back on the farming community with its latest plans on Agricultural Property Relief.
By James Fisher Published
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Agromenes: 'It is one thing when people recognise what is the right thing to do, but it becomes really game-changing when they see that it’s also the profitable thing to do'
The Countryside Crusader celebrates more positive news about regenerative farming.
By Country Life Published
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You had me at merlot: The rise of English wine and what it means for the countryside
For the first time, the UK is home to more than 1,000 vineyards — and counting.
By Annunciata Elwes Published
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Agromenes: From the big things to the little things, there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful
Our Countryside Crusader refuses to be melancholy as the autumn rolls in. Instead, he reveals plenty to be happy about.
By James Fisher Published
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'It all looked too good to be true — and, indeed, it was': We must face up to the real future of farming
An over-reliance on fertilisers and yields has left our farmland in a perilous state. It's only by working with nature, not against it, that we can futureproof our countryside.
By Country Life Published
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Country Life 16 October 2024
Country Life 16 October 2024 visits Holyrood Palace, tells the 90-million-year tale of the South Downs and looks at carnivorous plants.
By Country Life Published
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True craftsmanship means making things that last generations — but these skills are in danger of being lost forever
Giles Kime is worried about the state of craftsmanship in Britain.
By Giles Kime Published
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Literature, landscape and re-wiggling rivers, with Vicky and Charles Rangeley-Wilson
Vicky and Charles Rangeley-Wilson join James Fisher to talk about their upcoming literary festival in Norfolk and why the Arts and the landscape are so intertwined.
By James Fisher Published


