Features Archive | November 2025

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November 30th
- A slick looking off-roader that's a far cry from its rustic rural roots — Volvo EX30 Cross Country
- The golden retriever: The world’s most likeable dog almost didn’t exist at all
- Five magnificent mansions, from a former monastery to an Art Deco wonder in the South Downs, as seen in Country Life
- ‘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 adaptations
- Northwold Manor: 'A place of delight once more after half a century of chaos and neglect'
November 29th
- In search of London’s earliest pint
- A 14-bedroom 'miniature Downton Abbey' to call your own — and there's not a penny of Mansion Tax to be paid
- Mark Gatiss: ‘BBC Two turned down The League of Gentlemen six times’
- Wildhive Callow Hall hotel review: I felt like a squirrel preparing for hibernation and I loved it
- When it comes to making the perfect garden tool, the past has all the answers
November 28th
- The dream ski chalet for sale: Have your cake and eat it in the Three Valleys
- Who buys flowers in the middle of the night? Boris Johnson, panicked brides, drunk people and London’s wealthiest inhabitants
- A paprika-spiked goulash recipe to keep you warm as the nights draw in
- An delightful old vicarage for sale in the heart of James Herriot country — yards from one of Yorkshire's most curious landmarks
November 27th
- A country home that comes with a perfect lifestyle business: one of Britain's oldest vineyards
- Making space in a Georgian terraced Chelsea cottage
- Magna Carta Island for sale on the Thames, complete with the stone tablet on which Magna Carta itself is said to have been sealed
- 'Gems of enflamed transparencies, of bottomless blues, of congealed opals': Why glass was perfect for the elemental experimentalism of Art Nouveau
November 26th
- 'Good news, let’s make the £20 million deal happen': The Mansion Tax that turned out to be 'the least worst outcome for prime property', and the places that will be hit
- Space, seclusion and indulgence: Arranging a luxury villa experience with One&Only and Carrier
- Ardbeg House review: Concept design is a tricky business, but this Scottish whisky distillery-turned-hotel proves that it can be done to great effect
- 53 years ago, a Wren masterpiece was replaced with a glorified roundabout. We must not make the same mistake again
- A snob's guide: What to buy your dinner party host
- Why you absolutely need an electric Bentley Blower furnished with Russian reindeer leather
November 25th
- 'It'll either calm the storm or conjure something that chills the market overnight': The property experts' views on what The Budget will mean
- Kilt status: A history of the iconic Scottish skirt, from wartime wrap to punk protest
- Jane Austen's greatest scoundrel: Being Mr Wickham, with Adrian Lukis
- Country Life November 26, 2025
- How a floating salad farm fuelled two record-breaking rowers across the Pacific Ocean
- A wreck's renaissance: The 150-year-old mill that was falling apart stone by stone, now a beautiful Highland home ready for the next century and a half
- Nothing is more important than trust, and our institutions would be wise not to undermine it
November 24th
- The Budget: What do we need to fix a broken countryside, and what will we get?
- Old rectories are the second most sought-after homes in Britain, and this idyllic £2.45 million home is a perfect example of why
- Aristotle believed they emerged spontaneously from mud, Sigmund Freud dissected thousands of them and they can dive lower than a nuclear submarine — but what is the truth about the eel?
- Ten of the most exquisite French châteaux, photographed for Country Life in 1906 and still standing today
- What is everyone talking about this week: Is the Golden Age of fine dining over?
November 23rd
- The Glovebox: Return of the Bentley Supersports, the ultimate rural Range Rover and the car collection fit for The King
- The Alpine rescue dog built for blizzards, bred by monks
- 12 fabulous rural homes, from £650,000 to £4 million, as seen in Country Life
- War, ruin and renaissance: Dorfold Hall's 400-year journey through the ages
November 22nd
- The Old Rectory for sale in a village up the road from Jane Austen's home, where the family lived that might have inspired some of her most memorable characters
- 'I’m going to be the first in more than 100 years to sell anything off': How the upcoming budget uncertainty is impacting young farmers
- 'The night smells like engine oil… and money': Singapore’s glittering night race paved the way for a new era of city-centre Grands Prix
- 'A dream of Nirvana... almost too good to be true': The sweet peas of Easton Walled Gardens, and how you can replicate their success at home
November 21st
- The pink granite chateau that the Cointreau family built in the Loire Valley is for sale at £3.5 million
- Better than Ozempic? 50 years of the Brompton bicycle
- No more froths, no more foams, no more tweezers. Classic dining is making a comeback. Thank god
- Is this the end of the Forever Home?
- Ho Ho House of Commons: A simple guide to the best Westminster gifts, featuring a duck that is also Big Ben, a cat called Attlee and an infamous jumper
November 20th
- How to choose the perfect rose this bare root season
- Moths and memories of the Russian Revolution: Why it's worth saving that tired old rug
- An Arts-and-Crafts home that sits in prime position in the most exclusive (and priciest) road in Hampshire
- ‘I 100% always knew that I was going to do something creative’: Petra Palumbo on her design house, love of Scotland and consuming passions
November 19th
- Storrs Hall: A glimpse of what a trip to Lake Windermere ought to be
- ‘For several days between Christmas and New Year, the departures lounge at Heathrow Terminal 5 becomes busier than Daylesford HQ’: A snob’s guide to winter sun
- McLaren's three Ellas and the future of motorsport
November 18th
- A home where medieval, Georgian and modern come together in rare style
- TM Lighting
- The real deal: Can you tell the difference between mined and synthetic diamonds?
- An unfenced existence: Philip Larkin's love of the countryside
- The dogs of Country Life, with Agnes Stamp
- Country Life November 19, 2025
- A private island in the Thames Estuary is up for sale at £50,000, complete with its own Victorian fort
- The wine stash of one of Switzerland’s most secretive billionaires is up for auction
November 17th
- 'It is hard to beat the excitement of watching a peregrine you have trained stoop from 1,000ft, going more than 100mph' — the complicated world of falconry
- Who won the rivalry between Turner and Constable? It was us, the public
- A 500-year-old house with Soho House-style interiors, Chelsea gold medallist gardens and a grass tennis court
- All fired up: 12 of our favourite chimneys, from grand architectural statements to modest brick stacks, as seen in Country Life
- What is everyone talking about this week: More than half the country owns a pet and nearly half our marriages end in divorce — no wonder pet-nups are on the rise
November 16th
- Audi has been designing icons for 60 years. Here are some of the best
- How fashions finest would dress an Airedale, Dalmatian, corgi and more if only they had the chance
- Utterly wonderful country homes for sale across Britain, from a 10-bedroom mansion to a Devon hideaway, as seen in Country Life
- Baby, it’s cold outside (even if you have a natural fur coat): How our animals brave the winter chill
- Dorfold Hall: The 'most neat and beautiful house of brick' that owes its existence to a desperate effort to secure succession
November 15th
- The London house where Rolls-Royce's co-founder Charles Rolls tinkered with his very first car is for sale at £17 million
- The sparkling history of the match and why its inventor never got the credit he deserved
- 'Love, desire, faith, passion, intimacy, God, spiritual consciousness, curiosity and adventure': The world of Stanley Spencer, a very English visionary
- Waldorf Astoria New York review: The Midtown hotel where Frank Sinatra once partied and the salad of the same name was invented emerges from a decade-long renovation
- Exclusive: The King's remarkable resurrection of the gardens and parkland at Sandringham
November 14th
- A vineyard for sale on the slopes above 'the best beach in Britain' is for sale at just £650,000
- The tourbillon watch is a masterpiece of order born out of tumult and disarray
- The nine best sandwiches in London, tried, tested and digested
- 'Like valuing an antique': The fine art of balancing provenance, history, and size when pricing Britain's rarest homes
- What a report on the spending of female billionaires tells us about the future of museum collections
November 13th
- A simply perfect thatched cottage in Devon, with charm, walled gardens and all the space you need for family life
- The trees that are as fine to eat as they are to look at
- Madonna, David Bowie, Elizabeth II and me — this is what it’s like to have your photograph taken by Rankin
- How one family went about creating a welcoming kitchen in one of England's neo-Palladian houses
- 'A rare gem' of a country house, in 163 acres of the idyllic Colne Valley, just 50 minutes from the City
- Items from the collection of Lady Glenconner are going under the hammer, including a nine-carat gold Cartier box gifted to her by Elizabeth II
November 12th
- Five home offices so good that every work day will feel like a holiday (well, probably)
- Saltmoore hotel review: The place to stay that's woodland retreat, seaside hotel and spa sanctuary all in one
- What do women want (on wheels)?
- 'Someone once proffered a tray and said to me: "Would you like an eat?" I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that person again': A snob's guide to canapés
- Retro rubbish: Waste from the 90s unearthed in 97-mile-long beach clean
November 11th
- Cheaper to steal than to buy: Napoleon's brooch sells for £4.4 million – 17 times its estimate
- Savile Row might be the beating heart of bespoke men's tailoring, but it was named after a woman
- The Falconer's Tale: Tommy Durcan on how an ancient art lives on in 21st century Ireland
- Country Life 12 November 2025
- Bothered by brambles and snagged by sow thistles, but what is the point of all this thorny microaggression?
- A grand country house and 329-acre estate for sale at £1.89 million — and it's on the market for the first time in a quarter of a millennium
- The Labour government of the 1970s saved our country houses. Will a Labour government of the 2020s save our country churches?
November 10th
- A painting owned by Edward Guinness is on display next to a near identical version at Kenwood House — but which one is the real Vermeer?
- ‘She was absolutely extraordinary. One of my favourite things, photographing her, was the power that came through the door’: Rankin on capturing Elizabeth II, embracing artificial intelligence and almost becoming an accountant
- A beautiful home on the outskirts of one of Scotland's prettiest market towns, and an easy commute to Edinburgh
- Only a handful of Britain's great houses were photographed by Country Life in a ruinous state. This once splendid Gothic castle is one of them
- What is everyone talking about this week: The great generational wealth transfer foretold by the financial press has already begun in the form of given heirlooms
November 9th
- Omoda 9: Not a Range Rover, but it might be the next best thing
- Yorkshire’s bravest and most charming gentleman — the Airedale terrier
- 18 grand country homes, from £600k to £6 million, as seen in Country Life
- Dangerous beasts (and where to find them): Britain's animals that are best left alone
- The Rococo jewel nestled into vineyard terraces that's a visual index of 'a king’s Enlightenment belief in knowledge, cultivation and the civilising power of Nature'
November 8th
- Caveat renovator: The TV star, the writer and the salvation of a crumbling farmhouse
- 'People always think that, working on The Telegraph, I'll be told that things aren't right wing enough. But in 37 years, I've never, ever been told that’: The Telegraph’s cartoonist Matt on his consuming passions
- William Hanson's 39 steps to being a gentleman
- Uzbekistan's inaugural Bukhara Biennial turned traditional ways of displaying art on its head and reignited the traditions of the storied Silk Road
- The Tuscan gardens where the English and Italian traditions come together, and Yorkshire rhubarb grows happily beside spectacular citrus
November 7th
- An Alpine hideaway on a Swiss mountaintop that's like something from the pages of a Gothic novel
- A true gent lets his hair down on a Wednesday: Inside our Savile Row party to celebrate the publication of Gentleman's Life
- Made with porpoise blood, eaten with beaver tail: The not-so-normal history of the black pudding
- The beautiful part of Britain where £1 million still buys a grand period house and a swathe of unspoilt land
- Do you really want that Friday feeling? Tradition says it was the day Adam and Eve were expelled from Eden, Noah’s flood started and Christ was crucified
November 6th
- Bunny Mellon: The Truman Capote ‘Swan’, muse and horticulturalist whose creations for The White House were recently lost forever
- BLDA Architects
- 'Never has there been a more important time to publicise great Victorian and Edwardian buildings in peril': The importance of saving our historic buildings
November 5th
- A beautiful old farmhouse in 15 acres of breathtaking Scottish scenery, for sale at just £825,000
- From the Caribbean with love: The other James Bond who wrote the definitive guide to tropical birds
- Best in class: This year's Georgian Group Architectural Award winners revealed
- Are you a true gentleman? Take the Country Life quiz to find out
- 'These days, they have almost nothing to do with Advent and quite a lot to do with bath oil and mini bottles of perfume': A snob’s guide to advent calendars
- ‘Pope Paul V remains a popular effigy today, and gets blown up in Lewes most years’: A five minute guide to England’s wackiest Bonfire Night celebrations
November 4th
- A country house that was the set for one of the best-loved sitcoms of the 1980s is for sale, with 40,000sq ft of space, 39 bedrooms and almost endless potential
- A handful of Scotland's last available freshwater pearls have been transformed into 'mesmerising' pieces of jewellery
- Amelia Thomas: The woman who learned to talk to animals
- Country Life 5 November 2025
- ‘So many of us look at the world through our screens and forget to pay attention to the world outside’: Katy Hessel on the world’s great female artists, why free entry to museums matters and her consuming passions
- A sprawling castle set amid ancient woodland has come to the market for the first time in 150 years
- How to keep your dogs — and other wildlife — safe on Bonfire Night
November 3rd
- Man's (new) best friend: Slinky, swift and sweet, a furry ferret is a worthy household companion
- A Tudor Revival home built by a Victorian adventurer, with beauty, grandeur and its own putting green
- 'My family wore wool at a time when everyone else had cast it off in favour of manmade fabrics': The knitwear pioneer who is one of David Beckham's countryside champions
- What is everyone talking about this week: Why we love period drama
- The rise, fall, rise and eventual demolition of a Welsh wonder with an intriguing link to the Duke of Westminster
November 2nd
- What links myself, David Beckham and The King? We all have an affinity for the Aston Martin DB6, a car that has been unfairly punished for not being in a James Bond film
- Great Danes: These gentle giants need space, strength and industrial-strength sofas
- Five glorious properties for sale from the 11th to the 21st century
- ‘I’m not impressed by an Oxbridge education’: Author Jessie Burton on her acting ambitions, writing ‘The Miniaturist’ and her consuming passions
November 1st
- You can now rent King William IV’s former home in London’s Mayfair — for a princely sum
- Guy Ritchie: 'My mother married an impoverished aristocrat with a knackered country pile. I've been chasing that dream ever since'
- Mystery, muse and metaphor: There's more to fog than meets the eye
- ‘We were off again in a cloud of dust, on the trail of a tiger we eventually ended up making eye contact with’: The art of the Indian safari
- James Alexander-Sinclair: Making a new garden for someone is 'thrilling', but we need more sensitive and skilled gardeners to look after them
- Exclusive: The House of Commons as you've never seen it before, 75 years on from reopening following its destruction during the Blitz