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- December 25th
- December 24th
- 'Herod’s catapult has been confiscated': The Nativity play that might be alright on the night
- Country Life's top 10 architecture stories of 2025, from the South Wales terrace with an exquisite Georgian interior, to Ireland's remarkable country houses
- 'It isn’t only a moment in time, but a meeting place of past, present and yet to come': Fergus Butler-Gallie on how our churches shape our Christmases
- December 23rd
- ‘I wasn’t really sure that I wanted to be a ballet dancer’: The English National Ballet's prima ballerina on playing Clara in The Nutcracker and her consuming passions
- Secrets from the world of whisky, from the 60-year-old bottle that sold for £650,000 to the tipple you get at the supermarket
- Country Life December 24, 2025
- The railway revolution: 'The most profound change to British society since the arrival of the Normans, perhaps even the Romans'
- Country Life's top 10 property articles of 2025, from the homes of JFK and Alan Titchmarsh to the castle for sale for the first time in 700 years
- 'We begin making in May and start packing and despatching in November — it’s carnage': How the Cotswolds' favourite cake-makers get ready for Christmas
- December 22nd
- A short history of all the must-have toys for Christmas
- Four homes fit for Father Christmas, from dream chimneys and reindeer stables to a house — with sleigh parking — on North Pole Road
- The policeman turned goat-herder turned beautician, whose goats' milk soap became a sensation
- Two turtle doves: Why the endearing bird is an animal for all seasons, not just Christmas
- For the first time in five centuries, Catholic worshippers in England and Wales may soon outnumber Protestants
- December 21st
- How a journey from Greece to Devon in a knackered old Citroen proved that cars have souls
- Dachshund through the snow: How the sausage dog became the festive season's unofficial mascot
- How the spirit of Andy Warhol lives on through Christmas
- The Christmas sales reach the property market: Six beautiful houses that have had their prices reduced
- ‘Some ran for cliffs and jumped in panic. Others tried alternative routes, but these are not the paths they’ve followed for thousands of years’: Instagram is putting wildlife at risk and ruining our sense of adventure
- Heaven in Devon: The sophisticated, ethereal beauty of Exeter Cathedral
- December 20th
- New Place Manor is actually 700 years old — look inside this magnificent medieval home in Sussex
- How Britain’s biggest and best country houses are decking the halls (and façades) for Christmas
- Just can't get enough of the muff? The history of the furry handwarmer with the funny name
- What does the future hold for the exclusive Caribbean island that shuns shoes, spectacle and social media
- Helmingham Hall: The ancient garden at a medieval hall where the drawbridge is still pulled up every night
- December 19th
- From vintage cars to bodily organs, it's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 19, 2025
- Meg Walters: The BBC's 1995 adaptation of 'Pride and Prejudice' is the ultimate Millennial fairytale
- ‘Someone wanted a two metre block of ice with a cardboard cutout of Michael Bublé inside’: Ice sculpting is no chilled gig
- What will happen in the property market in 2026? Britain's top experts share their predictions, and it's good news all round
- The exquisite Christmas decorations that spark childhood joy, and the decoration-maker who creates them
- December 18th
- A Cotswolds cottage so perfect it's the stuff of movie fantasy — with a Hollywood A-list asking price to match
- How well do you know your poisonous plants? It's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 18, 2025
- When is it ok to fell a centuries-old oak tree?
- Giles Kime: Cushions, rugs, upholstered stools and sofa blankets are the ingredients of a pleasing new trend
- The plants to give for Christmas which will keep flowering for years
- December 17th
- Name that Christmas film: Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 17, 2025
- The return of one of Europe's most iconic hotels is just the beginning for Bucharest
- 'There were 900 people in the queue and I waited three hours, but it was worth it': The Christmas cracker-maker who supplies Britain's most exclusive shops
- The Houses of Guinness: A real-life 'Succession' with privileged characters, living extravagant lifestyles 'and revelling in their extraordinary lives'
- How posh is your Christmas stocking?
- A gift for every interest — and every deadline: The best coffee-table books to give at Christmas
- December 16th
- Tim Wilson of The Ginger Pig on the perfect Christmas ham
- Sleeping snails, exploding honeybadgers, flamingos and freediving sloths: Test your animal knowledge with the Country Life Quiz of the Day
- What do a 19th century earl, Coco Chanel and Harry Styles have in common? A love of cardigans, of course
- Where should you go in 2026? Anywhere that you can just kick back and relax
- Has the secret of Vermeer’s most enigmatic masterpiece finally been revealed? A British art historian’s controversial claim to have uncovered the true identity of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'
- An immaculate Georgian rectory where the halls really have been decked in boughs of holly
- Why the interior design industry should ignore Pantone’s colour of the year and stick to its guns
- December 15th
- ‘I gave her full access to our archives. We never offer that’: The historic Tiffany jewellery that gave life to Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein
- Make a splash with the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 15, 2025
- A picture-perfect home in 'the loveliest market town in North Yorkshire'
- 'Real children like it… I think it frightens some adults, but very few children': 75 years of The Chronicles of Narnia
- Mystifying Christmas present suggestions that once appeared in the pages of Country Life
- What is everyone talking about this week: Would you move to Dubai?
- December 14th
- To celebrate 100 years of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, we took it back to its roots
- The 12 dogs of Christmas
- 18 beautiful houses for sale, from a home counties dream to a private island with its own castle, as seen in Country Life
- What the Country Life team are asking Father Christmas for this year
- A fate worse than demolition? The desecration of the original Bank of England, one of Georgian architecture's great masterpieces
- December 13th
- Turn left at the most remote village on the British mainland
- East London's salmon smokehouse is full of secrets
- Power, prestige and passion: Where to see more than 100 of the world’s best dynastic jewels
- Dragonflies, flowers, dogs and lobsters: The 17th century nature brought back to life by the paintings of Alexander Marshal
- December 12th
- The Delightful Dozen: Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 12, 2025
- What do you get a man who already has everything?
- 'It’s there in our bones, and in our bone marrow': Tom Parker Bowles on borscht, the national dish inspiring Ukraine
- 'We’re in the golden era of family life': The rather lovely accidental up-side of the wildly spiralling cost of housing
- How to create spectacular arrangements for your Christmas table
- December 11th
- A picture-perfect home that's so Country Life it even has an Aga in the gym
- The Houses of Parliament, pig-like marine mammals and medieval battles. It's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 11, 2025
- The accidental Impressionist who captures country life on canvas
- John Goodall: Restoration is 'an act of recycling', but we need a system that encourages it
- Property with potential: Renovation projects for sale, starting from just £170,000
- From five-figure sensations to fashion-forward timepieces, there’s a watch for everyone this Christmas, says Country Life’s expert
- December 10th
- Doubles all round! It's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 10, 2025
- ‘I have an obsession with having a good time’: Fred Siriex on his newfound love of gardening, moving to the UK and his consuming passions
- 170 years ago, a river of excrement ran through the centre of London, spreading stench, disease and death. The engineer and architect who cleaned it up deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Christopher Wren
- ‘Not to move at all is deeply slutty, in the old-fashioned sense of the word’: A snob’s guide to surviving Christmas Day
- A lifelong Londoner on how to beat the throngs and make the most of the city this Christmas
- December 9th
- A medieval home with 600 years of history that was once home to a king, set in one of Kent's most fascinating villages
- Imagine all the answers to the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 9, 2025
- The King, The Queen, David Beckham and me: Paula Minchin on Country Life's best guest edits
- Country Life December 10, 2025
- ‘You get to a point where you do not fancy sleeping alone and dogs have far better manners than men’: Do dogs belong on our beds?
- A magnificent old vicarage with five bedrooms, 5,000sq ft of space, and in the catchment area for the 'best state school in North Yorkshire'
- Is December the best month for bird watching? Exploring the underrated avian delights of a British winter
- December 8th
- You can't sit with us unless you do the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 8, 2025
- When Chelsea was grazing and pasture, not gazing and posture, this house was a Georgian dairy. Now it's a townhouse on SW3's swishest street
- Four festive recipes from the Country Life Archive that have (thankfully) fallen out of favour
- What is everyone talking about this week: (Whisper it) is smoking back?
- December 7th
- McLaren Special Operations — The secret Surrey skunkworks producing Britain's most bespoke supercars
- 18 country houses across Britain, from £400,000 to £4 million, as seen in Country Life
- The greatest flowers make the greatest art
- The Castle Howard Mausoleum, a building so beautiful 'you'd almost want to be alive when buried in it', is facing its own demise
- December 6th
- Can you buy happiness? The latest list of Britain's happiest places, and what you could end up with if you moved there
- Is the British Museum's attempt to save a Tudor-era pendant with links to Henry VIII proof that the institution is on the up?
- Suit yourself: I’m a 49 year-old man-about-town and I’ve never owned a suit
- 'The ugliness and craziness is a part of its charm': The Country Life guide to Bangkok
- There are a billion microbes in a teaspoon of soil. Leaving the leaves to Nature feeds and nourishes them
- December 5th
- Child stars, Prince and nursery rhymes: It's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 5, 2025
- ‘Calf’s brains have a bland, gentle richness that soothes and cossets': Tom Parker Bowles on the joys of eating offal
- The wave of downsizing about to hit the property market in the UK
- Meet the British perfumers squeezing landscapes into scents
- December 4th
- December 3rd
- It'd be crazy to buy this 500-year-old farmhouse just because of its utterly gorgeous Aga — so thank goodness that the rest of this place is also really nice
- What is a boilie and what does it do? Discover this and other useful knowledge in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, December 3, 2025
- The Surrey hotel review: The new kid on New York's Upper East Side
- Sweet civilisation: What do you get when you ask architects to compete in a gingerbread competition?
- Sophia Money-Coutts: A snob's guide to meeting your in-laws for the first time
- Farmers of Britain, go forth and grow prawns
- December 2nd
- 'A masterpiece of timeless elegance' for sale on the charmed Surrey estate once owned by Henry VIII and the Guinness family
- This machine is what happens when the Rolls-Royce of motorbikes and the most innovative of watchmakers join forces
- Country Life December 3, 2025
- A grand hall in Yorkshire with 400 years of history
- ‘Each one is different depending on what mood I’m in, how I'm feeling and how my energy is’ — meet the carver behind Westminster Hall's angel statues
- December 1st
- Why don't more of us live in brightly coloured homes?
- If chess is 'the supreme board game', then it deserves to be played on boards like these
- I was Jeremy Hunt’s main political adviser and helped put together multiple Autumn Statements and Budgets. This is what I think Rachel Reeves’s Budget means for the countryside
- This Grade I Essex home was renovated by a Guinness and a notorious American diarist and photographed by Country Life — now it's a firm favourite with the fashion set
- What is everyone talking about this week: Thanks to modern-day technology, people were far happier in the days when Nero was setting Rome ablaze
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