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'Rural England need not be retirement England': How hybrid working can save the countryside
Forcing people back to the office reeks of management insecurity, and tracking them on their computers is Orwellian. What hybrid working can do is make people happy and bring life back to rural communities.
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Labour's new National Planning Policy Framework is a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'
We can expect fireworks: Labour’s draft plans for a new planning policy contain subtle, but devastating amendments that bear closer inspection.
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Burghley Horse Trials preview: From Paris, with love
British equestrian sport is riding high post-Olympics and next month’s Defender Burghley Horse Trials, which has attracted an illustrious entry, should show it in its best light.
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Country Life 4 September 2024
Country Life 4 September 2024 looks at the lore of otters, takes a slippery slope in St Moritz, celebrates Burghley's founder and marvels at the miracle of moss.
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No calls after lunch? The Probate Office is in disarray and the new Chancellor needs to sort it out, and fast
Delays in receiving inheritance are making inheritance tax almost impossible to pay, leaving grieving families in limbo, says Agromenes.
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Country Life 28 August 2024
Country Life 28 August is the 'Horsepower Issue', featuring everything you could want to know about horses or cars, from Stubbs and Burghley, to Aston Martin and the Morris Minor, plus schools, blackberries, foraging and the best gardens and architecture.
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Shipwreck of the Earl of Abergavenny receives protected status
The ship was captained by John Wordsworth, brother of the romantic poet William, and sunk off the notorious Shambles bank in Dorset.
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Minette Batters: The quest for the holy triumvirate
A call from the Prime Minister on election day comes as a surprise, heralding an unforeseen return to the Defra office.
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'We are in the midst of a sewage scandal and the natural world is paying the cost'
Country Life's leader article takes aim at the mess in the water industry.
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The Lapwing, the bird with dozens names that is 'one of the most evocative sights and sounds of the countryside'
Often preceded by its otherworldly call, the jaunty emerald-and-purple lapwing is an increasingly rare presence in southern England, says Vicky Liddell, as she explores a new initiative to halt the decline.
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A £150 million, 10-year programme to help save the countryside: 'Our job is to give money away to do good things'
Lottery funding is now being used to benefit Nature with a new 10-year programme. Annunciata Elwes reports.
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Agromenes: The new government is already delivering with aplomb — and in the countryside, it's all to play for
Our countryside columnist takes a look at the early efforts and impressive ministerial appointments of the new Labour government in Britain.
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Under siege from nature: the National Trust's £2 million plan to restore Corfe Castle
Specialists hanging from ropes will spend the next three years helping restore the walls of this famous 11th century caste in Dorset.
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Carla Carlisle: If Jeremy Clarkson was on the ballot, he'd win the farming vote easily
Our columnist from across the pond reflects on the turbulent state of politics, and retains hope for a more predictable future.
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The key countryside issues in the 2024 general election — and what all the main parties say about them
Promises, promises... With a week to go to the General Election, we compare and contrast the party manifestos on some of the issues that affect rural life. Kate Green reports.
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Country Life 26 June 2024
Country Life 26 June 2024 celebrates Britain's 4,000 beetles, finds out what farmers really think of rewilding, and learns how to use a scythe.
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Country Life's Little Green Book: The eco-friendly companies making the world a better place
Country Life's pick of the people, places and products, from garlic chutney to laundry capsules, that are making waves with their green credentials. Compiled by Madeleine Silver and Rosie Paterson.
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Country Life 12 June 2024
Country Life 12 June 2024 is our annual sustainability special, looking at soil, the seaside, and how to make the countryside beautiful again.
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The Welsh Way
Sustainable, ethical and unmatched for taste, Welsh Lamb is as good as meat gets.
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The seven greatest winners in the history of the Badminton Horse Trials
The Badminton Horse Trials, the oldest competition of its kind in the world, celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2024. Kate Green chooses seven heroic winners in its history.
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'Empires of the sun': in Britain's solar revolution, who will win the battle between food security and food production?
As more solar farms are built and approved, critics worry about the impact on food production and whether 1st generation panels are being properly disposed of.
