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'I have 12 dogs and they are my greatest joy': These are a few of Manolo Blahnik's favourite things
The shoe designer speaks to Amie Elizabeth White. Illustrations by Ollie Maxwell.
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‘Never back a grey horse’: Where the Cheltenham Festival superstition comes from
Jack Watkins breaks down this piece of Cheltenham folklore, as this year’s festival begins .
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Easel on the eye: The genius of John Piper
John Piper was a modernist who rejected Modernism, a versatile artist who defied categories, but one who remained true to the spirit and detail of the places he painted
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What is everyone talking about this week: The man creating the new Turner Prize
Louis Elton, an alumnus of both Oxford and Cambridge, believes innovative artisanship is the answer to Britain's challenges. Now, he's launching a prize for what he calls the country's 'misfit makers'.
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Eve Myles: ‘You wouldn't believe how many Emily Blunt pictures get sent to me to sign’
The Torchwood actor on meeting Linda Hamilton, being the 'best-kep secret in Wales', the book that inspired her to get into acting — and her consuming passions.
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Pamela Goodman: In the battle of the beauties, Mona Lisa will always come out on top
Our monthly travel columnist and her family struggle to agree on whether Mona Lisa is a beauty for the ages or a plain Jane.
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A right royal affair with the stars
Scientific curiosity with the cosmos gripped the Royal Family for centuries, as Matthew Dennison reveals
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These are a few of James Middleton's favourite things
The Princess of Wales's brother reveals the three things he holds dear to his heart. Illustrations by Ollie Maxwell.
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Sir Antony Gormley: Why I am continually captivated by Adriaen de Vries’s radical sculpture Antiope and Theseus
Sir Antony Gormley writes about why Adriaen de Vries’s sculpture may look vastly different from his own, 'Reflect', but still shares with it a fascination with balance and instability.
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'A blue-blood background and a drive to disrupt': Lady Violet Manners on the importance of preserving Britain's privately-owned country homes
The Viscountess talks about a childhood at Belvoir Castle, primogeniture and why Americans love a British country home.
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'My husband gave me a pendant full of melted snow from the top of Everest': Bridgerton's Julia Quinn on romantic gestures and her consuming passions
The author on series four of the Netflix smash hit, why she feels the need to speak out about America’s politics and meeting Dame Jilly Cooper.
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'He was a French artist enamoured with light and colour, movement and lightness'
An upcoming auction at Dreweatts will see works by Paul Lucien Maze up for sale. James Fisher delights in the artist's chronicling of mid-20th-century British life.
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'It’s come to my attention that standards are slipping': Sophia Money-Coutts on how to behave at the theatre
Our weekly columnist is calling out badly-behaved theatre goers.
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Justine Picardie: Fashion, spies and Elizabeth II's wardrobe, from timeless tweeds to a pair of Marigolds
Justine Picardie joins the Country Life Podcast.
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Write side up: The enduring influence of literature in art
The most sensual pictures of women sprang from Ovid's verses, the Aeneid gave Turner his longest-lasting subject matter and Edward Burne-Jones saw himself in Arthur's deathless slumber.
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The only thing better than a stately home is a stately home in wooden miniature
Meet George Barham — the gifted woodcarver who can turn your family pile into a wooden masterpiece.
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The life of a BAFTA begins in an industrial estate in Braintree
Lotte Brundle travels to Essex to meet the family-owned foundry that makes the UK's most iconic award.
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Pushing back against a culture of disposability: The enduring importance of craft
Corrine Julius grapples with a world dominated by mass production, digital life, AI and explains why the unique and the tangible is spearheading a renaissance.
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The real rock stars: Meet the makers of the Olympic curling stones
One of the most remarkable players in the Winter Olympics, Kays Scotland’s curling stones are both objets d’art and serious bits of sporting kit
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Amanda Seyfried's new film answers the question: Where did the viral Instagram Shaker kitchen come from — and how is it linked to Quakerism?
'The Testament of Ann Lee' follows the founder of Shakerism. But how did a devotional sect come to influence a major kitchen interior design trend?
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The hype over Wuthering Heights has reached fever pitch. A new podcast from the team behind The Rest Is History is cutting through the noise
Historian Dominic Sandbrook is teaming up with his longtime producer, Tabitha Syrett, on their new programme The Book Club. They tell Country Life about their own favourite books and what everyone gets wrong about Brontë's novel.
