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Contemporary Korean art is still very much a product of its pastReinterpreting outside influences in their own key, Korea’s artists and craftsmen mastered celadon porcelain, developed a metal moveable type and embraced ‘true-view’ landscape painting, as a British Museum exhibition reveals.
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Make your ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ dreams come true at this marvellous Oxford home complete with its own ballroomThis nine-bedroom property comes with its very own ballroom, perfect for avid dancers.
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The expert tips and tricks to creating a tropical oasis in a very British gardenDespite climate change, tropical and tropical-style plants still need to be selected and planted with care. Steven Desmond reveals what to plant, when and where.
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Burnham's property dream is 'ambition we should all support' — but his plan 'ignores the countryside' and 'throws young Londoners under the bus', say agentsAndy Burnham's first Labour Party Conference speech this week doubled down on his plan to fix Britain's broken housing market. Are we entering a new era of home ownership, or are things just going to get worse? Anna White spoke to experts across the market to get their verdict.
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'As dangerous as possible — the best way to be’: Political satirist Ralph Steadman on cartoons and working with Hunter S. ThompsonRalph Steadman is among the most celebrated illustrators that this island has ever produced, says James Fisher — who meets the artist ahead of a retrospective of his work.
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New Wealth, New Buyers: The experts of Knight Frank on the changing country property marketSponsor Content Created With Knight Frank
Under-50s now make up the majority of purchasers in every prime country region Knight Frank monitors, and they are arriving earlier, and with rather more ambition than their predecessors.
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Robin Swithinbank: I've seen the world's rarest and most valuable watches with my own eyes. Now, you can tooSome of the world’s rarest and most valuable watches go on display in Milan later this week — and they’re all made by one company.
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The ghosts, the survivors, and the one with six fingers: How much do you know about the wives of Henry VIII? Find out in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, September 30, 2026The six queens of Henry VIII are each fascinating in their own way. See how much you know about them.
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'She is part of its atmosphere, its memory, and its soul': The bucolic final resting place of Henry VIII's last brideJohn Goodall talks to Elizabeth Ashcombe about the beautiful tomb of Katherine Parr at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
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The gorgeous collection of one of the founding fathers of English Country House style is up for sale‘It’s bittersweet, but having the collection admired by people feels really lovely,’ says George Oakes’s daughter.
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Price that house in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, September 29, 2026Celebrate Tuesday with Country Life's latest property quiz.
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Teddy bears, dog collars and garden gnomes: The strangest museums in the UK revealedOn this green and pleasant isle, we have a museum for almost anything.
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Country Life September 30, 2026Country Life September 30, 2026, looks at miraculous country house restorations, meets London's last milkman and celebrates the wonders of Slow Nature.
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How to rebuild an old house and make it a modern marvel, using most of its original materialsThis sitting room in a newly built house on Exmoor has been lent a timeless feel by a fossil-stone fireplace.
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This Cornish manor house with a 700-year history is full of life, colour and flairNansough Manor looks every inch the classic Georgian home from the outside — and within it's a joyously pretty family home.
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'The lowliest material on the earth — mud — becomes something beautiful, valuable and unique': Will Gompertz on the 'incredible alchemy' of potteryLittle beats the alchemy of pottery, which turns humble mud into a thing of beauty, as Will Gompertz tells Carla Passino.
