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Minette Batters: We need to trade on a level playing field
After six years leading Britain's largest farming union, Minette Batters talks life after the NFU and why MPs of all parties need to take farming more seriously.
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A dairy farmer's view of Jaipur, the city where traffic stops for sacred cows
Jamie Blackett files his final Farming Life column from the pink city in India, and reflects on how different cultures treat their methane-producing ruminants.
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A Queen Anne house set in exquisite Suffolk countryside where even the stables are thatched and charming
Penny Churchill looks at the wonderful Moulton Hall, in an ancient village near Newmarket.
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Country Life 13 March 2024
Country Life 13 March 2024 looks at idyllic cottages, Queen Mary's Dolls' House and walks the Cheshire Plains.
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How planting trees can fight flooding and improve your soil
Record-breaking rainfall and a changing climate convinced Leicestershire farmer Rachael Spence that she needed to find a way to combat flooding and improve her soil. The answer? Planting more trees, which have helped reduce flood risk and future-proof her land and business.
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Country Life 28 February 2024
Country Life 28 February 2024 reveals Britain's favourite dogs, tells the tale of Knebworth Garden Village and visits the gardens at Pembury Hall.
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Fiona Stafford: The myth of the unchanging countryside
Professor Fiona Stafford joins James Fisher to talk about the constantly changing landscape around us.
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'Disconnected from our heritage' — conservation charity warns that more must be done to tackle light pollution
According to CPRE, The Countryside Charity, most of us can't see the stars correctly, and is calling on government to help fight back.
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'The countryside can pull us together, a connecting point for a nation that sometimes feels as though it is falling apart'
After 75 years, the job required of national parks has changed. They now need to be hothouses of Nature recovery, and it’s time we got on with it, says Julian Glover.
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Meet the dry-stone wallers who restored a 300-year-old sheep pen in Cumbria
Craftsmen Steven Allen and Trevor Stamper hope restored this historic sheepfold as part of a wider campaign to help support and promote common-land grazing
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83% of England's rivers show 'high pollution' levels as sewage and agricultural waste flow into the waterways
Data collected by more than 640 anglers across the country have found that our rivers are in a perilous state.
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An amazing opportunity to go off grid in the middle of the Northumbrian countryside
This old gamekeeper's cottage on Threpwood Hill near Hexham already has fantastic views and planning permission — all it needs is a new owner to make the magic happen.
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Planning beyond your future
The number of people being hit by inheritance tax has soared in recent years, yet many of us have no idea if our beneficiaries will be liable and what to do if we are. The experts at Investec Wealth & Investment (UK) can help.
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Country Life 24 January 2024
Country Life 24 January 2024 looks at the chaos pets can cause, wine rooms, national parks and the best podcasts to try.
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John Lewis-Stempel: On top of the mirey, merey moor, in the heart of James Herriot Country
With the wet December sleet pelting down on his tweed cap, John Lewis-Stempel and his terriers ascend Chimney Bank on Spaunton Moor for a breath of cold, damp air and to survey James Herriot country.
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Carla Carlisle: Trying to believe that people will step back from war, elect an honest man
Even as the problems of the world grow greater, Carla Carlisle commits to being an 'affirming flame' of hope.
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Blazing summers, short winters and 15 years of erosion in a day
The changing weather is having an impact on everything from hibernating dormice to caterpillars and calves.
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Country Life 8 November 2023
Country Life 8 November 2023 celebrates the 75th birthday of The King, takes an exclusive look inside St James's Palace and looks at the Royal Countryside Fund.
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Nature's most dangerous journey? The lifecycle of the salmon
A miracle of Nature, the salmon braves body changes, hungry seals and forbidding waterfalls on its extraordinary journey to and from its spawning grounds. But now, warns Simon Lester, it may be facing one challenge too many. Illustrations by Alan Baker for Country Life.
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Opinion: We can't possibly keep producing electricity the old way — and those campaigning against wind turbines and solar farms need to lay down their placards
Country Life's columnist Agromenes delivers a powerful and heartfelt message in praise of progress.
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Country Life 25 October 2023
Country Life 25 October 2023 looks at shire horses, the art of storms and the restoration of a medieval tower.
