Features Archive | February 2026

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February 28th
- A spectacular home with a touch of Downton Abbey about it, standing beside one of the last remaining Saxon churches in Britain
- Nature’s symbiotic relationships are as multifarious as they are marvellous
- There are more than 100 species of lemur living on the world's fourth-largest island — and they cannot be found anywhere else on Earth
- 'It was the only design that spoke the same language as the house. It immediately felt right': An Oxfordshire home where house and garden work in perfect, asymmetrical harmony
February 27th
- A Caribbean home with its own nightclub, down the road from a perfect beach and a pre-Columbian castle
- Are you smarter than a 14-year-old? Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 27, 2026
- 'My husband gave me a pendant full of melted snow from the top of Everest': Bridgerton's Julia Quinn on romantic gestures and her consuming passions
- It is the ‘year of the tiara’, but what’s a girl (or guy) to do if they don’t have an heirloom laying about?
- It's alive! The UK producers embracing fermentation to make delicious products teeming with life
- A house that's the epitome of the Yorkshire dream, in the heart of the county's 'Golden Triangle'
- 'He was a French artist enamoured with light and colour, movement and lightness'
February 26th
- A country manor that's 18th century on the outside, 21st century on the inside
- Spring is on the way in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 26, 2026
- You don’t need to live in the countryside or have acres of space to start a cutting garden
- 1950 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith: 'Much of the enjoyment is gained from the smoothness and precision with which the most minor details are fitted and work'
- Why has everyone fallen under the spell of Wrotham Park — one of the largest private houses inside the M25
- Sir Roger Moore's London pad is on the market
- Refurbishing the Palace of Westminster will be extremely expensive, but so too will be doing nothing
February 25th
- There are fairytale questions in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 25, 2026
- 'When it came up for sale again, it felt like destiny': Philip Mould on his first home in the country
- In the battle of travel tour operator versus AI, who will win?
- New designs and accessories to brighten every room
- 'It’s come to my attention that standards are slipping': Sophia Money-Coutts on how to behave at the theatre
- Do you own Britain’s naughtiest dog?
February 24th
- 'It seems as if hatboxes needn’t always contain hats: ideas can percolate there, too'
- London Fashion Week, love stories and fabulous jewellery appear in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 24, 2026
- If this Derby boot is good enough for Bond, then it's good enough for you
- Justine Picardie: Fashion, spies and Elizabeth II's wardrobe, from timeless tweeds to a pair of Marigolds
- Country Life February 25, 2026
- Write side up: The enduring influence of literature in art
- The winter Olympians of the natural world
February 23rd
- What binds the Queen Mother and Chicago's first department store? A lost Scottish castle that was blown to smithereens by the Territorial Army
- How much does this Georgian home turned artist's studio cost? Find out in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 23, 2026
- Feathers: Nature’s most exquisite miracle was fashioned for flight, fortitude and fantasy
- Lonika Chande
- A Cambridgeshire cottage that was once home to a Cold War poet, five miles from 'the home of horse racing'
- 'I loved defying the tyranny of fast fashion, one stitch at a time': Make do and mend is enjoying a creative revival
- The only thing better than a stately home is a stately home in wooden miniature
February 22nd
- Chery Tiggo 9: Maybe the communists are onto something
- The revolutionary dog that almost became Ireland’s national breed
- The Shropshire boarding school that's lived multiple lives, transformed into a wonderful country house with the coolest cellar we've seen in years
- 'I have never ceased talking of the beauty of Ampthill': The tale of one of Britain's best-loved country houses
February 21st
- Home is where the hearth is: Five picture-perfect cottages with glorious fireplaces
- 'I do write in and say they should have more about farming': Zandra Rhodes on The Archers, getting arrested and making clothes for Freddie Mercury
- Pushing back against a culture of disposability: The enduring importance of craft
- Hôtel du Couvent: This former convent on the French Riviera has rekindled the rules of luxury
- Intrepid, enterprising, dedicated: The new generation of nursery owners creating the flowers we'll be enjoying for decades to come
February 20th
- A 350-year-old estate in Barbados that’s hosted royals and Helen Mirren, furnished with 400 potted plants
- It's fashion, darling — and the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 20, 2026
- Amanda Seyfried's new film answers the question: Where did the viral Instagram Shaker kitchen come from — and how is it linked to Quakerism?
- William of Orange, Henry VIII and Shakespeare all fell under the spell of posey rings — once England's most popular item of jewellery
- ‘French pastries all look amazing… but I wish more British bakers would look at what we used to have’: Richard Hart on the joys of jammy dodgers and iced buns
- Where's the rum gone? How the temperance movement took on the Royal Navy
February 19th
- The seven best-kept secrets in the UK property market
- It's all quitters and quick wit in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 19, 2026
- Alan Titchmarsh: Patience is in short supply today, but learning when to crack on and when to leave well alone will do your garden wonders
- I'm thinking about the ice and wasting an afternoon on Autotrader
- London Design Week: What to look out for at next month's unmissable interiors event
- Reader Event: An eye to the future at Daylesford Heritage House
- Reader Event: Super women at London Design Week
- This Easter, give the gift of a small Welsh island
- Forget the sex, the real talking point of 'Wuthering Heights' is Margot Robbie's vintage brooches
February 18th
- A 16th century gatehouse for sale outside the castle where Henry VIII is thought to have pursued Anne Boleyn
- The Year of the Horse is upon us, and so is the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 18, 2026
- This Hollywood star's home in the Canadian wilderness is now an exclusive-use lodge
- The real rock stars: Meet the makers of the Olympic curling stones
- Les Espaces d'Abraxas: 'Building a Versailles for the people in Noisy-le-Grand'
- The hype over Wuthering Heights has reached fever pitch. A new podcast from the team behind The Rest Is History is cutting through the noise
- Country Life February 18, 2026
- Athena: Stoke-on-Trent is a bellwether for our cultural and industrial legacy
February 17th
- How well do you know these fictional friends and foes? It's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 16, 2026
- These are a few of James Haskell's favourite things
- Leaving London for the Cotswolds and DIY disasters, with Jim Chapman
- 'Short beards can be extremely becoming on a man (see: The Prince of Wales), but they can carry more bacteria than a dog’s fur': A snob's guide to facial hair
- A Cluedo board rendered real at a country pile with 19 bedrooms, and a gym in the chapel
February 16th
- Britain's most widespread bird is also the most elusive — spotting it is one of ornithology’s great joys
- The reviews are in, but can you guess whether these Wuthering Heights reviews are of the new film or the original novel? Find out in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 16, 2026
- 'The most beautiful house for sale in London' is a six-bedroom home with a walled garden that backs on to Greenwich Park
- 'He allowed lion and a tiger to prowl around the castle and, if an unfortunate servant was mauled, they were paid compensation': Exotic animals in art
- Fashion fit for the Winter Olympics (sort of) from the Country Life Archive
- What is everyone talking about this week: How to make the most of wetter winters
February 15th
- Renault 4: Retro, rewired, and ridiculously likeable
- Five of our favourite dog-friendly hotels — and they've all been approved by Geoffrey the dachshund
- 'He was really the most radical artist of the 19th century': Georges Seurat at the Courtauld Gallery
- 12 wonderful homes, from a Cotswolds mill to a country house within the M25, as seen in Country Life
- 'A fantastic creation, with the magic of a strange, dreamed, longed-for world': Inside Schloss Charlottenhof, the Prussian royal family's exquisite sanctuary
February 14th
- A Georgian lodge tucked away on a 900-acre National Trust estate in one of the most beautiful settings in Pembrokeshire
- ‘I’m like: “Give me those tights, let me show you”: Ballet superstar Carlos Acosta’s consuming passions
- Penns in the Rocks: The East Sussex garden created by Vita Sackville-West, with a little help from the huge boulders that stood here when dinosaurs walked the earth
- ‘Please, for heaven’s sake, not a pear-shaped diamond with a gold band’: Proposal etiquette for the modern man
- Couples are changing how they holiday — even on honeymoon
February 13th
- Part Scottish castle, part French chateau, part Gothic fantasy: The $60 million home in the heart of the wealthiest village in Texas
- Lucky for some? 13's the number in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 13, 2026
- Anassa, the 'Queen of the Mediterranean'
- How Coco Chanel's crush on a polo-playing Parisian inspired a revolutionary handbag and fine jewellery line
- The Cotton House review: If you're going to be the only hotel on Mustique, you better be great
- Tom Parker Bowles: 'There is no dish more lusty and full blooded than boeuf à la Bourguignonne'
- I absolutely hated 'Wuthering Heights', but the film sounds like fun — and so now I'm moving to one of these impossibly remote and romantic farmhouses
- The real challenge facing Britain's grande dame seafront hotels
- Love is all around us, just ask the natural world
February 12th
- What have the Romans ever done for us? For one thing, taught us the art of seduction
- Love is in the air, and in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 12, 2026
- Glovebox: Gaze upon the glories of the cosmos from the comfort of this Jeep
- How do you add historic character back into a soulless room?
- A 'Sleeping Beauty' house, covered in wisteria and tucked away in ancient woodland, has come up for sale in Sussex
- The W1 set is up in arms about Liz Truss's roof terrace. But what is a members' club without one?
February 11th
- Get ready for some cold hard facts: it’s the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 11, 2026.
- Is this London’s sexiest hotel room?
- Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts spent four decades in this idyllic Devon home — and now it's up for sale
- Sophia Money-Coutts: A snob's guide to airport etiquette
- It has been hard to keep track of the cascade of good news about the Arts, so we've done it for you
February 10th
- The life of a BAFTA begins in an industrial estate in Braintree
- It's super! The Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 10, 2026
- 'Heart motifs combine romance, history and craftsmanship in one very intimate object': Jewellery to fall in love with
- This Civil War coat and armour has survived four centuries in almost perfect condition — apart from the hole made by the musket ball that killed the man who wore it
- Country Life February 11, 2026
- The short-eared owl is a breed apart
- Plant trees for pollinators in need with the Woodland Trust
- £1.5 billion might be spent on Arts buildings, but who will be left to run them?
February 9th
- Who is your Wildlife Photographer of the Year? Cast your vote now
- Fall in love again and again with the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 9, 2026
- A 1980s sitcom superstar is selling his 'just idyllic' Surrey hideaway
- The rugby shirt is a bona fide sartorial superstar
- The magnificent London mansion that Country Life mourned when it was demolished to make room for the Dorchester Hotel
- What is everyone talking about this week: As Valentine's Day beckons, love letters are making a comeback
February 8th
- Every now and then, it's important to remember some Alfa Romeos
- Five superb homes, from a Wiltshire mansion to 'the best flat in Battersea', as seen in Country Life
- 'Uncut Gems' and the mystery of the most significant collection of Tudor and Stuart jewels ever found in London
- Repton: The 500-year-old school with a medieval priory whose story leads back to the kings of Mercia
February 7th
- The Norfolk home of the grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has come to the market
- 'It’s harder with someone who says yes to everything’: What it's like having a bespoke scent made by one of London's oldest perfumers
- Lodge Park: Megève is where snow and style mingle, and this hotel is at the heart of it all
- ‘I don't consider myself to be a nepo baby at all’: Caroline Avedon on preserving her grandfather's legacy — and her consuming passions
- 'I was utterly bewitched': The heartwarming success story of one of Britain's greatest rose-growers
February 6th
- When is a cottage not a cottage? When it's a spectacular, glass-walled lakehouse making waves in 'Heated Rivalry'
- How well do you really know Country Life? Test your knowledge of your favourite magazine in Quiz of the Day, February 6, 2026
- 'To my unspeakable disgust and pain, the little inconsiderate beast squirted his acid down my throat': The army of animals weaponising chemistry in the fight for survival
- New kids on the block: London's hotel boom and the new openings around the world to have on your radar
- The 'chef's table' is off the ick list
- A picture-perfect thatched cottage tucked away in Dorset's Blackmore Vale
- Cybele and Juno statues finally return to Stowe's south-front portico
February 5th
- The nearest thing you'll find to a tropical lodge in London? This exotic home is right on the Thames, and 10 miles from the centre of the city
- A dangerously delicious Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 5, 2026
- Jenson Button: 'Get rid of your ego'
- It’s out with winter blues and in with the blossoming prunus, unless it happens to be English pottery
- William Robinson, the visionary gardener 150 years ahead of his time
- A Grade II-listed farmhouse just outside the Cornwall village dubbed 'Hollywood-on-Sea', on sale for the first time in 500 years
- 'It’s worth remembering that our closest surroundings often hold multitudes of their own'
February 4th
- Are you a yearner or burner? Find out which Bridgerton leading man you are in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 4, 2026
- The cat that 'lives' in the Long Gallery at one of the greatest Elizabethan houses in Britain
- Sophia Money-Coutts: A snob's guide to supermarkets and what to do when there's no Waitrose
- Patrick Galbraith: 'The idea that a bar in Norfolk selling vinho verde would make it through even one winter was about as likely as the Madonna herself reappearing by the old water pump'
February 3rd
- Sweat, struggle, survival: Capturing the endeavour of industry on canvas
- What could be better than National Golden Retriever Day? Only the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 3, 2026
- These are a few of Diana Henry's favourite things
- Country Life February 4, 2026
- 'They've nourished us, sheltered us, protected us... we owe trees far more than they owe us': Aidan Meighan on the folklore of trees
- A good call: The red telephone box rings in 100 years
- 'We made the mistake of accepting the word of a surveyor. Off we went on a voyage of restoration lasting 30 years': Griff Rhys-Jones on his first house in the country
- Is £1.5 billion enough to save our culture?
February 2nd
- Everyone gets a prize: Test your Awards Season knowledge with the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 2, 2026
- Agromenes: The Food Waste Inspector is right to call out M&S, Waitrose and Lidl for throwing away food that is perfectly good to eat
- A Georgian home that's the epitome of the country house dream, with four-poster beds, Aga and pool, set in one of Britain's most sought-after spots
- Springing in the rain: The science behind the smells of the seasons
- The striking Arts & Crafts country home with interiors by William Morris that disappeared without a trace
- The world’s heaviest flying bird flaps on to pastures new but remains endangered, says expert
February 1st
- Audi S e-tron GT: Is this the EV that will save us from a dull and silent future?
- The dog that saved Disney and once ran with horses: A spotted history of the Dalmatian
- 17 charming rural hideaways, from under £600,000 to £9.5 million, as seen in Country Life
- 'Attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places': Slim Aarons's photographs of Cortina d’Ampezzo resurface ahead of the Winter Olympics
- 'The Shakespeare of architects... he has yet had no equal in this country': Sir John Vanbrugh and the legacy of Blenheim Palace
- Knight Frank's best places to live for commuters in 2026