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The farmers who embrace the right to roam: 'Farming can be isolating... it’s really nice when we get people through the yard'
Jane Wheatley speaks to a farming couple who actively encourage walkers to come across their land.
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Salmon fishing and other stories, with Marina Gibson
The angler extraordinaire joins the Country Life Podcast to talk fishing, conservation and bagpipes on the River Tay.
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Country Life 22 January 2025
Country Life 22 January 2025 looks at fabulous finches, magical marmalade and Jane Austen's saucy legacy.
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Dawn Chorus: Why the Moon matters and Festival of Speed's plan to commemorate 75 years of F1
The Moon is among 25 sites on the World Monuments Fund's 2025 Watch list, Goodwood Festival of Speed's plans to host ‘its biggest ever celebrations’ in honour of the 75th anniversary of the Formula 1 World Championship and our quiz of the day.
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There's no place like home: How animals find their way back to their owners is a mystery we are still trying to solve
Lassie’s epic walk is the stuff of literary legend, but the real-life stories of animals making extraordinary journeys back to where they came from are even stranger than fiction. Richard Sugg investigates.
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Minette Batters: 'I naively believed we could help teach our fellow African farmers how to farm. How wrong I’ve been; we have so much to learn from them'
A rewarding trip to Kenya, planning a maiden speech in the Lords and hope for farming’s roadmap in 2025 and beyond.
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'People love land': The top estate sales of 2024, from the Duke of Northumberland to first-time farmers
Some estate sales were trickier in 2024, yet overall most eventually found buyers. We look at some of the top estates to have graced the pages of Country Life last year.
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Country Life 1 January 2025
Here's a look at what you'll find inside, including Country Life's Wildlife Awards, and a final column from long-standing contributor Carla Carlisle.
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Athena: It shouldn't take a blazing fire for us to see the value in our places of worship
If major catastrophes have any advantages, it is that, by shocking us, they can focus attention and resources.
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Minette Batters: 'I don’t believe this Government set out to wipe out the family farm. Yet it will be the consequence'
Minette Batters — a farmer, former NFU President and a Baroness sitting in the House of Lords — has a harsh warning for Keir Starmer's government.
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A spot of Bovaer: The dairy cow additive that's set tongues wagging isn't bad for anyone — and it's just what we need if we want both milk and clean air
Country Life's rural columnist Agromenes looks at the huge improvements being made to the air that we breathe, through the unlikeliest of ways.
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Dawn Chorus: Symbiosis in action
A wonderful picture from Richmond Park and a look inside Country Life's biggest issue of the year.
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Jonathan Self: November used to be a month of bleak fields and naked trees; this year we had summer flowers in bloom and ate lunch on the terrace
Jonathan Self discovers a name for his sense of unease caused by life being out of balance.
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Kelvin Fletcher: From Strictly Come Dancing to the sheep dip
This week's guest on the Country Life Podcast is Kelvin Fletcher, star of Fletchers' Family Farm, who talks to James Fisher about why he decided to move to the Peak District and dive head first into the rural way of life.
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By Royal Appointment: We spoke to 10 of the newly appointed warrant holders
Being appointed a Royal Warrant holder is still the highest form of accolade and influence. United in their commitment to the highest quality of service, sustainability and responsible environmental practice — these remarkable organisations are known and trusted by The King.
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100 years of the Shipping Forecast, winning the war on antibiotics and the world's best young cheesemonger
Plus a sublime Scottish castle, how to address people correctly and the quiz of the day.
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In pictures: Farmers march against inheritance tax in London
After it was announced that Agricultural Property Relief is going to be scrapped, farmers, landowners and others took to the streets of London in protest.
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Zebras, lobsters, lions and Ronald Reagan's baby elephant: The strangest pets in history
These days nobody would dream of keeping a wild animal as a pet, but there was a time, not so long ago, when a gentleman could stroll into Harrods and buy an elephant or an alligator. Jonathan Self explores the era of the exotic menagerie.
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The science behind how Nature can heal us, and how it's easier than you think, with Professor Miles Richardson
Professor Miles Richardson joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast.
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Patrick Galbraith: 'What struck me is that English vineyards represent a rare example of farmland being re-peopled'
Going grape picking gives a glimpse of what the rural past would have looked like.
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'Only the richest estates will be asked to pay': Labour's DEFRA Secretary hits back after backlash over inheritance tax plans for farms
Steve Reed, Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, has explained the government's position on inheritance tax and farming.
