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Ancient time-telling devices — turned garden ornaments — from the Country Life Archive
Man has been consumed by time and how to tell it for millennia. Sundials are an important part of this history and there are plenty of pictures of them — in some of Britain's most beautiful gardens — hiding in the Country Life Archive.
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Is this the new Bruton? How Nottinghamshire's grandest estate reinvented itself
Welbeck Abbey has been in the Portland family for nearly 300 years. The new generation has turned its once sleepy reputation around.
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The ancient and aristocratic dog breed loved by Queen Victoria and Sir Walter Scott
Once used to hunt wolves and bring down red deer in the Scottish Highlands, the Scottish deerhound is one of Britain’s oldest and most noble breeds. Today, it remains a gentle giant — elegant, devoted and unmistakably aristocratic.
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21 utterly wonderful rural homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
From a Scottish castle to a Sussex cottage, this week's list has something for every taste and budget.
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'If the Chelsea Flower Show is the glitzy public face of British gardening, then the country’s amateur flower shows encapsulate its older, gentler side'
Christopher Stocks looks at the origins of the local flower show while Steven Desmond provides his advice on how to secure victory.
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Castle Howard was devastated by fire. Against all the odds, its decades-long restoration has made it even greater today than it once was
An award-winning restoration at Castle Howard in North Yorkshire has transformed the interior of this fire-damaged great house. What's more, the work has been finished in time for the celebrations surrounding the tercentenary of the death of its designer, Sir John Vanbrugh. John Goodall reports; photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
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Porsche Cayenne: Pablo Escobar's off-roader is now a genuine all-in-one talent
Adam Hay-Nicholls finds that Porsche's ugly duckling has transformed into a rather beautiful swan.
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In search of the perfect country house games room
A country house is never truly complete without a games room. Julie Harding picks out her favourites on the market right now.
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‘Being a jeweller, you have to keep on top of the news, because you're affected so much by the price of gold': Sheherazade Goldsmith’s consuming passions
The founder of Loquet on her fashion house inspirations, taking a sabbatical to study investigative journalism, and the trinkets she holds dear.
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Atelier Francis Mallmann review: The celebrity chef's restaurant with rooms in the 'Marfa of South America'
Chef Francis Mallmann is responsible for transforming a beautiful, but forgotten town in Uruguay, into an internationally-renowned culinary and Arts hub.
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Alan Titchmarsh: I'm planting a brand new garden — here's what's going in, what I'm trying out, and the plant that's sending me in search of my axe
Moving to a new house means getting stuck in to a new garden — and even in his seventies that's still a huge thrill for Alan Titchmarsh.
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'A work of art': The wisteria-clad New York home where Andy Warhol hung out with Cher
Chic has never looked so shabby, nor shabby so chic.
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Have you been keeping up with us? It's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, March 20, 2026
All of the answers to today's questions have recently appeared in Country Life. So, how well have you been paying attention?
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'The ache for English orchards and hedgerows is rooted in a landscape that generations of poets have studied as scripture': Jacqui Ritchie, poet and wife of Guy, on the magic of spring
With this week’s equinox marking spring’s long-awaited calendar arrival here in Britain, Jacqui Ritchie investigates the spell it has always cast over the nation’s poets.
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Alphonse Mucha: The Czech artist who went from penurious obscurity to foundational figure of Art Nouveau movement
Although most celebrated for his graphic work, Mucha also embraced sculpture and the decorative arts and designed everything from cutlery to textiles, stained-glass windows and jewellery.
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Here’s where to go for a really interesting and, dare we say it, cool drink in London's Zone One
The pub is out and the wine bar is in. These hidden gems are pouring some of the capital’s most interesting and delicious vintages — and you don’t have to go to Hackney for any of them.
