Features Archive | August 2025

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August 31st
- The otterhound — the story behind Britain's rarest breed of dog
- Five magnificent homes for sale, from Highland escape to a 17th century school, as seen in Country Life
- Salon Privé 2025: Highlights, winners, and remarkable rides from Blenheim Palace
- William Hanson: Why etiquette must evolve to suit modern life
- Glamis Castle: From one Earl and his dog to the resurrection of one of Scotland's great buildings
August 30th
- Athena: In the eyes of Government, will the Arts always be last?
- Alan Carr's new castle is 'a masterpiece of the baronial revival' with 17 bedrooms and its own miniature railway
- One by one: The lone wolves of the animal kingdom
- 'If you think you need a television in your room, you are in the wrong place': Why sleeping under canvas makes for a complete safari experience
- Inverewe: The making of 'The Oasis of the North' in a wind-battered corner of north-west Scotland
August 29th
- 'One of the finest houses in Cheshire' blends Georgian architecture, modern exoticism and space to park your helicopter
- Giles Kime: 'Why contemporary art should become a feature of everyday life'
- Splendid isolation at four gorgeous properties for sale around the world
- Sir Francis Beaufort: The man who measured the wind and set the foundations for the Shipping Forecast
- Agromenes: 'See it. Say it. Sorted. This is truly where Britain is broken'
August 28th
- Gill Meller wants to make soufflé great again with his sweetcorn and smoked cheddar recipe
- Galls: Nature's most beautiful, horrifying and intriguing parasites
- The market for super-prime houses in England's biggest millionaire's playground is booming — and this £10m example is one of the best
August 27th
- ‘The closest that screenwriting has ever got to Shakespearean’: In an era of television slop, what should you be watching?
- If I had to spend the rest of my life living underground, I would do it in this four-bedroom house for sale in the Peak District
- Inside the remarkable restoration of King George III's observatory
- Sophia Money-Coutts: If you have same-sex parents, who should walk you down the aisle?
August 26th
- If there's no fish, there's no fishing, with Robin Philpott
- Inside the aristocratic holiday rentals where you can (temporarily) play lord of the manor
- The Japanese superfood described as 'a blueberry on steroids' taking Scotland by storm
- The designer's room: This kitchen in a Queen Anne-style home is proof that pretty and practical can go hand in hand
- A five minute guide to the Loch Ness monster
August 25th
- ‘Its loss became a cautionary tale, and a rallying cry for architectural conservation’: The rise and fall and renewed interest in Ireland’s remarkable country houses
- Alan Titchmarsh: 'I am so weary of seeing Lutyens-style benches and chairs absolutely everywhere'
- A micro estate for sale in west Wales shows that the best things come in small packages. In this case, three of them
- Pugs in pearls: Nine times dogs stole the show on publishing’s most famous page
- What everyone is talking about this week: The problem(s) with cyclists
August 24th
- The Glovebox: Phantom in a pool, Porsches in the snow and a new world record for Polestar
- This blissful converted mill has sweeping views, a breathtaking library and gardens by a Chelsea gold medallist
- The smooth collie: A working breed with beauty and brains
- Blurring the lines between ornament and recreation: Nine of Britain’s best Arts-and-Crafts swimming ponds
- Allerton Castle: The great country house that blends Hampton Court, Highclere and the Palace of Westminster
August 23rd
- Portmore has it all: A 3,459-acre Scottish estate for sale, with a signature Baronial sandstone mansion at its heart
- Will Hosie: I'm bored of West End remakes — risky business should be the norm, not the anomaly
- The Swan at Fittleworth review: The 500-year-old inn that’s as popular now as when Turner stayed
- Ballynure House: The magical estate that transformed its bramble-covered historic garden into a pollinator paradise
August 22nd
- ‘Some people find it a bit daunting being faced with a big beast and a couple of utensils’: Mitch Tonks on the perfect seafood platter
- The ring ouzel: The mystery behind the common blackbird's feral twin
- In our built heritage, is the truth stranger than fiction?
- Location, community and charm: The enduring desirability of London's mews houses
August 21st
- Will Hosie: In defence of gatekeeping and why we have to stop confusing TopJaw with proper critique
- Come shell or high water: Rugged coastlines, surging tides and deep, cold water put Scottish shellfish in a class of its own
- The distinctive and historic home that might just be 'one of Dorset’s most picturesque'
- Giles Kime: 'Darkness in an interior is equally as beguiling as large amounts of natural light'
August 20th
- Pack up your jumpers: Is Scandinavia the new Mediterranean?
- Defanging the Gardens Trust will hurt our most precious landscapes
- Sophia Money-Coutts: Can I get away with flying Business Class if my other half is in Economy?
- A new gilded age: Sir David Attenborough christens a rare golden eaglet
August 19th
- The winners and losers of summer 2025, from foragers to fishermen, and turtles to trout
- Art Deco: The striking design style that embraced it all
- What the hedge can tell us about the countryside, with Richard Negus
- A 17th century farmhouse in Surrey with one of Britain's oldest squash courts
- 'You have to work hand in hand with the author — like a dancer has to work with the music': Illustrating Homer's epic poems
August 18th
- The 15 best-value commuter towns for people working in London, according to new research from one of Britain's top estate agents
- Neil Armstrong and Sir Edmund Hillary’s joint adventure to the Arctic that you've never heard about and what its re-creation can tell us about the state of Earth
- Nuthall Temple: The Palladian masterpiece that was blown up to make way for the M1
- What everyone is talking about this week: Where are the new Cotswolds?
August 17th
- Audi RS3: The devil in a green dress
- How Sir Walter Scott made the Dandie Dinmont terrier a legend
- 19 outstanding country homes, from £450,000 to £20 million, as seen in Country Life
- 'Tones of natural wood and warm olive': Isabella Worsley transforms a coastal Sussex kitchen
- Everingham Park: The revival of a lost vision of Georgian glory
August 16th
- ‘I was rather excited, not remotely daunted... With hindsight, I should have been': The 25-year creation of the gardens of Glenarm Castle
- Three homes down by the Thames, perfect for those who love messing about on boats
- 'Two months to the Moon, three for rest and refreshment and two more for the return': The English stork success story
- 'Truffle hunters are fiercely protective of their favoured spots, often passed down from older generations': The Croatian peninsula with a proud culinary tradition
- Patrick Galbraith: 'The publishing company I had just begun working for went pop pretty spectacularly. Capitalism is a bucking bronco and occasionally you hit the ground'
August 15th
- Time to join the fan club: the history of this summer's must-have accessory
- Guernsey's world-renowned dairy cows churn out the most delicious ice cream, but the best is only available to try on the island
- The watch maketh the man: What your watch says about you
- The pinnacle of the English style of gardening, as fine today as it was a century ago
August 14th
- How the acrobatic buzzard survived persecution to become one of Britain's best avian hunters
- From Lincoln to London, the crosses of Eleanor are a legacy of love
- A pavilion, pool and pleasure gardens at this Devon country house 'with not another building in sight'
- The designer's room: The large country home with relaxed and easy to maintain interiors
- It's hot, but that's good for the English wines
August 13th
- Portofino is Italy's answer to the Garden of Eden. The Splendido hotel put it on the map
- Take over the world or throw a great big party on this private fort for sale in Pembroke
- Pier today, gone tomorrow: Blackpool pleasure pier up for sale
- Sophia Money-Coutts: Can my dog sit with me at the table when I’m eating out?
August 12th
- Sir Denys Lasdun: The brains behind the building branded 'a clever way of building a nuclear power station in the middle of London’ by The King
- Ken Follett on Stonehenge, building cathedrals, and the glaring flaw in Shakespeare's greatest soliloquy
- The perfect summer house? A country home, beach house and rural escape rolled into one in a prime spot in Sussex
- A hoover for goose droppings, a tree-planting battle with the Hilton, and a disgusting banana: Inside Buckingham Palace and its gardens
- A six-bedroom modern masterpiece mere minutes from Europe's best golf course
August 11th
- What everyone is talking about this week: Would you swim in the River Thames?
- 'I really believe they increase productivity': If you want to get ahead, bring your dog to the office
- The curious incident of the vanishing glasshouses: Country Life's photographs are all that remains of these awe-inspiring structures
August 10th
- Not mush-room for error: The tasty-looking fungi that could be the last thing you ever eat
- Jeep Avenger 4xe North Face Edition: You've got the clothes. Now get the car
- ‘She’s absolutely everything to me. She’s my future, my hope, my light’: How Labrador retrievers went from catching fish to saving lives
- Five properties for sale, from £550,000 to £7.5 million, as seen in Country Life
- The 11 best restaurants in London for al fresco dining
- Thomas Cook: The travel agent who changed the world, and the house his descendants live in to this day
August 9th
- Art saved for the nation? Not enough, it would seem
- Eat up your daylilies: The underappreciated east Asian flower that's a marvel in the kitchen
- Everything the light touches… The London penthouse for sale that will make you feel like a king
- Good things come in small packages: The art of an excellent miniature
- Seeking substance and style: Island hopping in the Cyclades
- 'Knoll offers a masterclass in the adaptability of grass': The Dorset garden that went from tourist attraction to specialist nursery
August 8th
- This converted mill is the epitome of bucolic beauty and its grounds were masterminded by one of the finest garden designers alive today
- Reading al fresco: The best places in London to get lost in the written word, according to the Country Life team
- The quiet corner of Suffolk where the country pub is thriving — and why it matters
- The perks of being wallpaper: A collection of never-before-seen William Morris designs are to go on sale
- Yes to padel, no to swimming pools: How to attract a new generation to the countryside
August 7th
- 'You have to commit, due to the time it takes, but it’s worth it. The flavour is unbeatable': Slow down, and barbecue better
- Marsh Harriers: The wetland-loving bird that defied the odds to reconquer British skies
- Louis Wain: The Edwardian artist who was 'perhaps the best PR cats have ever had'
- 'Each one is like a coral reef in an agricultural desert': One man's mission to rewild the swimming pool
- A country house for sale that's had a century and a half of blood, sweat and tears poured into it
August 6th
- Papple your wick at this elegant Georgian home in Nottinghamshire which used to be part of an Augustine Monastery
- Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino, hotel review: 'Doing nothing has rarely, if ever, felt so good’
- Storm overflow plan 'needs flushing down the lavatory once and for all' say angling groups as perilous state of English rivers revealed
- 'The greatest collection of Surrealism to emerge in recent history’: The contents of iconic art collector Pauline Karpidas’s London home are heading to auction
- Sophia Money-Coutts: I’m going to stay with a friend in her holiday villa. Should I tip — and if so, how?
August 5th
- Hide from your hay fever in a larch-clad Passive House in Surrey designed by an award-winning architect
- The finest wines available to humanity, and how to buy them, with Beth Pearce
- ‘To buy vintage is to buy something with history, that’s lived a life’: Everything you need to know about the heritage watch world
- This Cornish country home comes with barn, a burial mound, a piggery and a 700-year-old cottage
- The grass isn’t always greener on the other side: Five alternatives to lawn, from fleshy sedums to aromatic thyme
August 4th
- The piece I'd never part with: A portrait of blues singer Lead Belly by the 'tricky old rogue' who accidentally kicked one of the Royal corgis
- Eight of the UK's most impressive private libraries, as seen in the pages of Country Life
- What everyone's talking about this week: It's time to follow in the footsteps of King’s College, Cambridge, and kiss the lawnmower goodbye
- So you want to buy a ruined castle? Here's what you need to know
August 3rd
- Ford Ranger PHEV: The eco-pickup for campers, builders and post-apocalyptic survivalists
- Jane Austen's uncle's house comes to the market, tucked away in its own conservation area
- The Irish wolfhound: Meet the loyal and strong gentle giant that won the hearts of John F. Kennedy and the British Army
- The rose that flowers 'from October to summer', and the man who used it to light up a beautiful corner of London
- One of 'the most magnificent and perfectly preserved of Britain’s great Edwardian country houses', built for the heir to Thomas Cook's vast fortune
August 2nd
- Mesmerise yourself in this iconic listed home on the north Cornwall coast
- Kitchen island or table? The little distinction that makes a big difference
- ‘Anyone who has once known this land can never be quite free from the nostalgia for it’: The Country Life guide to Sicily
- 'Other people would have given up and turfed half of it over': The couple who turned 'the ugliest house with the nicest view' into a Somerset treasure
- Opinion: If we want to keep our architectural heritage, why do we tax those who repair it?
August 1st
- Killer whales: The perilously rare and super-smart predator we risk loosing from British waters forever
- Sir Noël Coward sold this spectacular Art Deco cottage in the shadow of the White Cliffs of Dover to Ian Fleming — and now it could be yours
- Maria de la Orden’s consuming passions: Dark chocolate, Hockney and the diamond accessories that remind her of her family
- A graceful country home in Wiltshire with an award-winning water feature in its picturesque grounds
- From Queen bees to Queen Camilla, how one woman built a multi-million pound beauty empire out of bee venom