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Country Life 4 October 2023
Country Life 4 October 2023 visits Great Dixter, looks at the art of autumn and takes a look at the Highland cow.
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Country Life 27 September 2023
Country Life 27 September 2023 looks at pre-trained dogs, drives the electric Rolls-Royce and salutes a Hebridean hero.
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Jason Goodwin: A somewhat comprehensive agenda for fixing Britain, from turning off the internet to compulsory Natural Service for 18-year-olds
'I know they will thank me in the end,' says our columnist, with tongue in cheek — though who knows how firmly?
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Country Life 20 September 2023
Country Life 20 September 2023 tells you who's who in the Cotswolds and delivers pages of spectacular property.
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Country Life 13 September 2023
Country Life 13 September 2023 looks at the sex lives of plants, hedgehogs, and Coco Chanel's love of the English countryside.
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Sir Keir Starmer: 'I want everyone in the countryside to know that I will roll up my sleeves and restore respect'
We invited Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Opposition, to set out the Labour Party's ideas for the countryside.
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Stephen Millership: The man whose classic posters distill the spirit of the British countryside
From the mauve sky of Waterloo Sunset to the pastoral Arcadia of rolling fields in God’s Own Country, Stephen Millership’s evocative travel scenes capture Great Britain’s soul. Andrew Liddle meets the man behind the art.
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The spirit, stoicism and joy of 21st century farming
Photographer Valerie Mather is sharing the 'joy and inspiration' she discovered after spending a year chronicling the lives of farmers in Britain today.
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Jason Goodwin: The day our little corner of England changed forever
An archaeological discovery near Jason Goodwin's idyllic spot has sparked excitement far and wide — but not a little dismay nearer to home.
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Britain's elite fossil hunters on their finds of a lifetime
From a kamikaze ichthyosaur to a gigantic shell with sinister tentacles, Britain teems with fascinating fossils. Simon de Bruxelles meets the collectors following in Mary Anning’s footsteps. Photos by Millie Pilkington for Country Life.
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Country Life 16 August 2023
Country Life 16 August 2023 looks at Britain's sharks, classic posters, nightjars and dramatic wallpaper.
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Country Life 9 August 2023
Country Life 9 August 2023 looks at shells, animal architects and the North Wessex Downs.
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Country Life 2 August 2023
Country Life 2 August 2023 looks at lawns, dawns, seals and a Kensington home par excellence.
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Country Life 26 July 2023
Country Life 26 July 2023 looks at lurchers, beavers and beach cricket.
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My 40-year odyssey turning a field into a wildflower meadow that's a buzzing, humming, fluttering world
Country Life columnist Agromenes started turning a field from intensive agriculture to wild flowers four decades ago — a decision which has been proven spectacularly worthwhile.
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National Marine Week is so packed that they've had to make it two weeks long
National Marine Week runs from July 22nd to August 6th, which begs three questions: what is happening, how you can join in, and why they call it a 'week' when it's a fortnight long. James Fisher reports.
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Country Life 19 July 2023
Country Life 19 July 2023 looks at cherries, chalk grassland and village life as seen by Britain's best novelists.
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Country Life 5 July 2023
Country Life 5 July 2023 looks at fossil hunters, mermaids and beautiful coastal properties.
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Our countryside is utterly magnificent — now is the time to find the will to save it
James Fisher reports back from the Future Countryside conference at Hatfield House.
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Patrick Galbraith: 'And so I found myself totally naked, walking 12 miles with a bunch of IT consultants, retired teachers and a Frenchman in a little red hat'
Can you truly understand the countryside if you've not walked through it in the nude? Well, probably, but our columnist wasn't taking any chances as he strips off to find out for certain.
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'The countryside faces either terrible harm or uplifting good. Which will it be? It really is up to us'
The countryside is for everyone and the problems facing it — and farming and the environment — will not be solved if the different factions continue to squabble, points out Julian Glover.
