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Know your Gucci from your Givenchy? Find out in the Country Life fashion house Quiz of the Day, August 17, 2026Meryl will be judging you if you get a single question wrong.
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This Domesday Book manor on the Isle of Wight can be traced back to the reign of Henry IIIGrab your own slice of history off the coast of southern England.
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Gilders, goldsmiths, embroiderers and engravers: It takes a 2,000-man village to make the world's most coveted fanIf you only buy one fan, make it one from Duvelleroy.
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Bird poo fuelled the First World War and also financed this manor house with a plant collection that rivals KewMelanie Bryan recounts the green-tinged history of Aldenham House.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Are we all just running out of time?Received wisdom contends that we experience time faster with each passing year. Yet the bells and whistles of modern life, which leave us less spare time than before, could also be to blame.
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'Theories about overall performance and potential average speed have to be looked at in a completely new light': The Aston Martin DB4J. Eason Gibson got his mitts on the Aston Martin DB4 back in 1961 and was suitably impressed.
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This much-loved Scottish sheepdog once came remarkably close to disappearingThe hardy, shaggy bearded collie has centuries of history behind it, but this much-loved Scottish sheepdog once came remarkably close to disappearing.
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Your very own Scottish castle, with sea views, fishing and the Cairngorms on the doorstep, for less than £1 millionAllardice Castle comes with all the history and heritage you could desire, in a great location, and has been sensitively restored by its current owners.
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Would you still charm me if I was a worm?Every summer, a quiet Cheshire village becomes the scene of one of the world’s most unusual sporting contests: the World Worm Charming Championships. Tom Howells reports.
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One family, six centuries and an Irish house of unsurpassed beauty: The fascinating tale of CurraghmoreCurraghmore in Co Waterford, Ireland — the home of the Marquess and Marchioness of Waterford — has been developed over the course of six centuries by a single family. In the first of two articles, John Goodall explores its early history and first Georgian transformation. Photographs by Paul Highnam.
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'We have concession rates for students and those who wear tartan': Meet the reel housewives of ChelseaThe lively Scottish folk dance seems odd and complicated to the uninitiated but is great fun, Will Hosie finds on a London dancefloor.
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Cordelia de Castellane: ‘Mr Dior was an aquarius. So am I’Lotte Brundle meets the artistic director of Dior and Baby Dior.
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Looking for a New England: How to have a whale of a time in the American Salcombe...and the home port of the vessel at the heart of Moby-Dick.
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The Somerset house that brought 'jungle gardening' to the EnglishEast Lambrook Manor in Somerset — home of Andrew and Alison Johnson — where Margery Fish’s exuberant ‘jungle gardening’ style took shape, is flourishing once again under new custodianship. Charles Quest-Ritson paid a visit; photography by Jonathan Buckley.
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The Greek Island of your dreams is for sale at €35 millionIf you've been inspired by 'The Odyssey' to up sticks and move to a magnificent Greek island, we have just the place...
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The Country Life Quiz of the Day, August 14, 2026, is in full bloomToday’s quiz is all about flowers, so why not take a moment to stop and smell the roses?
