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A lifelong Londoner on how to beat the throngs and make the most of the city this ChristmasToo few people know how to do Christmas right, says Will Hosie. Here are his tips and tricks for navigating the capital this festive season.
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The King, The Queen, David Beckham and me: Paula Minchin on Country Life's best guest editsCountry Life's Paula Minchin talks about the magazine's high-profile guest edits on the Country Life Podcast.
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What is everyone talking about this week: (Whisper it) is smoking back?You’d be forgiven for thinking that young people are a bunch of mopes, who refuse to drink, go dancing or have sex and are ruining British nightlife for all — but you're wrong, says Will Hosie.
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The greatest flowers make the greatest artA search for still-life subjects led Kate Friend to some of the greatest gardens and gardeners in the country
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Child stars, Prince and nursery rhymes: It's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 5, 2025It's all in today's quiz.
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'A teaspoon of living soil contains more creatures than there are people in existence': Unearthing the dirt's vital role in our future on World Soil DaySarah Langford argues that it is high time soil become fashionable.
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Can you guess the landmark from its gingerbread copy cat? Take our quizToday's quiz takes a detailed look at the gingerbread works on display at London's The Gingerbread City — and asks if you can guess which iconic landmark they are.
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What on earth is the person who comes up with Annabels's otherworldly facade displays on? London's most magical Christmas shop displaysPhotographs by Greg Funnell.
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Sweet civilisation: What do you get when you ask architects to compete in a gingerbread competition?The Gingerbread City is back in London’s Kings Cross. Lotte Brundle pays it a visit.
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Sophia Money-Coutts: A snob's guide to meeting your in-laws for the first timeThere's little more daunting than meeting your (future) in-laws for the first time. Here's how to make the right kind of impression.
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Remembering the Country Life Quiz of the Day by doing the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 2, 2025Today's quiz is about the quiz. Every question has been asked before. Can you get 10/10?
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If chess is 'the supreme board game', then it deserves to be played on boards like theseChess sets and backgammon boards are a familiar sight on drawing-room tables, but one expert Highland woodworker is refashioning their forms in beautiful new ways.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Seasonal depression has struck many of us down, but a bigger problem lies in our misunderstanding of happinessAs winter beckons, many of us will lament the halcyon days where the sun shone all day and we weren't glued to our screens to escape. The grass is always greener...
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‘I cannot bring myself to believe that Emily Brontë would be turning over in her grave at the idea of Jacob Elordi tightening breathless Barbie’s corset’: In defence of radical adaptationsA trailer for the upcoming adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights' has left half of Britain clutching their pearls. What's the fuss, questions Laura Kay, who argues in defence of radical adaptations of classic literature.
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Mark Gatiss: ‘BBC Two turned down The League of Gentlemen six times’The actor and writer tells Lotte Brundle about his latest Christmas ghost story, discovering Benedict Cumberbatch — and his consuming passions.
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Become a geography wizard by taking the Country Life Quiz of the Day, November 28, 2025So many facts about rivers, capital cities, depths of things. You'll be the life and soul of every party by the end.
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A very taxing quiz indeed: Country Life Quiz of the Day, November 26, 2025Test your general knowledge in today's Quiz of the Day.
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The unbearable lightness of being Matt Damon: Country Life Quiz of the Day, November 25, 2025Test your general knowledge in today's Quiz of the Day.
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Jane Austen's greatest scoundrel: Being Mr Wickham, with Adrian LukisThe actor Adrian Lukis, who played the role of Mr Wickham in the iconic 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, joins the Country Life Podcast.
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How a floating salad farm fuelled two record-breaking rowers across the Pacific OceanMiriam Payne and Jess Rowe grew cabbages and radishes on their small boat while rowing more than 8000 miles from Peru to Australia.
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Nothing is more important than trust, and our institutions would be wise not to undermine itFrom big businesses marking their own homework, to the debacle at the BBC, trust has never been more important.
