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'The most wonderful painting in existence', once sold for £30 and considered less valuable than its frame, is back in LondonFlaming June by Frederick, Lord Leighton, has seen its reputation rise, fall, and rise again in the 128 years since it first went on public display. Carla Passino charts its path.
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My Favourite Painting: Norman FosterThe great architect Norman Foster — aka Lord Foster of Thames Bank — chooses a Lowry given to him as a present by his wife.
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Bert Hardy: The photographer who chronicled mid-century Britain, from the Blitz to BlackpoolThe work of photographer Bert Hardy is celebrated in a new show at The Photographers’ Gallery in London.
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Country Life 21 February 2024Country Life 21 February 2024 looks at fine art, handsome hedges, and how to grow a wildflower meadow.
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The re-making of Notre Dame: An extraordinary achievement by any measureCountry Life's cultural columnist Athena on the astonishing progress being made in the rebuilding of Notre-Dame de Paris — and how an exhibition in London shows what is being done.
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My Favourite Painting: Sir Karl JenkinsThe composer Sir Karl Jenkins chooses an Italian painting which came to him in to his life in fascinating circumstances.
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The ancient mapmakers who shaped the world as we still see it centuries laterThe desire to chart the world around us is an impulse as old as time and some map-makers’ efforts have an astonishing longevity, reveals Matthew Dennison.
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My Favourite Painting: Joanna JensenThe Childs Farm founder on a 'bruiser' bull.
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Clive Nichols: Secrets from the king of garden photographyBritain's top garden photographer Clive Nichols joins the Country Life podcast.
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My Favourite Painting: Ashley CampbellThe actor Ashley Campbell on a work that 'explodes with vivid, almost graffiti-like strokes'.
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Fit for a (very small) queen — a dolls' house with running water, electricity and working liftsQueen Mary's Dolls' House celebrates its 100th anniversary with a brand new exhibition and a reimagined display at Windsor Castle.
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Andy Murray: My favourite paintingSir Andy Murray, the double Wimbledon champion, Olympic gold medallist and former world number one, chooses his favourite painting for Country Life.
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Winston Churchill had his cakes and ate themA new exhibition from the National Trust shows how Britain's greatest Prime Minister would celebrate his birthday with some massive cakes
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My favourite painting: Keith HalsteadKeith Halstead of the Royal Countryside Fund chooses a scenic image by Edward Seago.
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My Favourite Painting: Victoria VyvyanCLA President Victoria Vyvyan selects a religious engraving by Albrecht Dürer.
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My favourite painting: Melanie VandenbrouckMelanie Vandenbrouck, chief curator at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, chooses a Jadé Fadojutimi image.
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My favourite painting: John Lewis-StempelThe award-winning Nature writer and regular Country Life contributor John Lewis-Stempel chooses a bucolic scene with quite probably the longest title of any artwork ever to feature on this page.
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The English country house as seen in the art of Turner, Constable and their modern-day successorsEver since a craze for house portraits reached Britain in the 17th century, great artists such as J. M. W. Turner have been producing sweeping vistas of stately Edens, observes Michael Prodger.
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My favourite painting: Sir David Hempleman-AdamsIndustrialist and explorer Sir David Hempleman-Adams selects a beguiling Egon Schiele work.
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My Favourite Painting: Martha Lytton CobboldMartha Lytton Cobbold of Historic Houses selects a magnificent depiction of the power of nature.
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My Favourite Painting: Nick TrendThe journalist and art historian Nick Trend chooses a striking Jan van Eyck portrait.
