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A mesmerising portrait in the eerie country house that inspired Charlotte Brontë to write 'Jane Eyre'A dark episode in the family history of Norton Conyers inspired a young Charlotte Brontë to write Jane Eyre — but the hidden attic is just one of many treasures in this grand Yorkshire house.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Winter weddings might just be better than their summer counterpartsAs our winters warm, so have Britons warmed to winter weddings. Just keep the fireplace well stocked.
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The monk strap: Where did the shoe with sole and sophistication come from?Amie Elizabeth White charts the history of the monk strap shoe — beloved by Clark Gable, Cary Grant and James Bond.
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Katharine Hay, the woman who's walking the length and breadth of ScotlandTwo years and two thousand miles into her epic journey on foot around Scotland, The Scotsman's rural affairs correspondent Katharine Hay joins the Country Life Podcast.
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Twenty momentous photographs from the last 100 years that define our historyEvery photograph tells a story and none more so than these 20 unforgettable ones.
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AI is now reaching into every corner of our lives — we can, and must, carefully choose how to engage with itEmma Hughes, a key part of Country Life magazine's features team, is also a novelist. She reflects on the expanding reach of AI after finding out that her work had been 'scraped' in order to train Meta's new AI assistant, Llama 3.
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‘They don’t just fling themselves at you — they choose you’: Everything you need to know about the Scottish terrierFrom Queen Victoria and Franklin D. Roosevelt to Rudyard Kipling and Humphrey Bogart — the Scottish terrier has been winning admirers for centuries, but it is a breed that chooses its people carefully.
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Jazz music has always made a case for revolution, and we're falling back in love againThere’s more than a whiff of swing in the air–and on the airwaves. Will Hosie explores the resurrection of one of music’s most exciting genres
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What do Taylor Swift, Guy Ritchie and The King have in common? They all love a 200-year-old fabric born in Scotland’s textile millsLovat Mill, the last tweed producer in the Scottish Borders, has fans in Madonna, Taylor Swift and The King — and they’re releasing 15 new designs to celebrate the fabric’s 200 year anniversary.
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Make sure you don't skip these South of England art and history highlightsIn our final instalment of Charlotte Mullins' fifty treasures series she journeys to the South of England and the Isle of White.
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'Why do the Americans insist on calling a perfectly ordinary walk a hike?': A snob's guide to staying fitSophia Money-Coutts reveals her 'permissible forms of movement'. Spoiler alert: the gym and Zumba are out.
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The 'micro mosaic' at Holkham Hall that uses a fascinating, unusual technique pioneered by the VaticanJohn Goodall speaks to the Earl of Leicester about one of the most unusual and beautiful objects at Holkham Hall in Norfolk.
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The seven artistic wonders of the Midlands to put on your bucket listIn the latest instalment of her fifty treasures of the British Isles series, Charlotte Mullins takes a look at what's to be found in the Midlands.
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1,000 issues and counting: Mark Hedges on two decades editing Country Life magazineCountry Life's 100th podcast celebrates Mark Hedges's 1,000th issue at the helm of one of Britain's best-loved magazines.
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Tate-à-tête: The National Gallery’s promise to grow its modern-art collection risks reopening old woundsThe National Gallery's announcement of a new wing and more modern art promises to reignite a historic rivalry with Tate.
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Top arts and culture things to see in Wales — that give you a real sense of our shared historyIn our series, Charlotte Mullins continues her list of the fifty most important cultural and historical things to see in the British Isles – this time in Wales.
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Agatha Christie and the murder mystery: A bloody-good legacyKate Green takes a closer look at the goddess of the murder mystery, 100 years after the author was catapulted to literary stardom.
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What is everyone talking about this week: January is the worst month of the year. Here's 15 ways to make it funP.s if you've made any New Year's resolutions, please don't tell us — or anyone else — about them.
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Scotland's unmissable art and history touchstones — and where to find themAs part of her list of 50 unmissable treasures in the British Isles, Charlotte Mullins takes a look at some outstanding pieces of our heritage, located in Scotland.
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What to see in the North of England if you want to learn more about the artistic history of our countryCharlotte Mullins journeys to the North of England for the fourth instalment of our series which highlights the 50 treasure's of the British Isle's which best encompass our artistic history.
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London is teeming with things that define our artistic history — here's how you can visit themOur capital is full of interesting sights and objects, finds Charlotte Mullins in the latest instalment of her list of fifty treasure that encapsulate the visual history of the British Isles.
