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From the farmyard to fame: how well do you know your animals? It's the Country Life Quiz of the Day, January 27, 2026
A ribbiting way to test your knowledge on a Tuesday afternoon.
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Adders, Exmoor ponies and the future of the human race: Tom Hilder on the Country Life Podcast
Tom Hilder, winner of the 'Rising Star' category at the Schoffel Countryside Awards, joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast.
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Slipshod no more: The slipper has made its way out of the bedroom and into the world of high fashion
Versatile, stylish, comfortable and elegant. What's not to love about footwear that's perfect for almost every occasion?
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A grand seven-bedroom manor house with 11 acres, stables, 600 metres of river front and space for a grand piano
Amid the beautiful countryside of south-west Scotland, you'll find Kings Grange Manor — a house that offers a huge amount for under the £1 million mark.
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The tawny owl makes a compelling case as Britain's best loved bird of prey
Whether for its textbook appearance, regional ubiquity or haunting and mellifluous call, it’s no wonder we love this winged hunter.
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Going out for a good old fashioned drove
Driving cattle on foot across Scotland, echoing the practices of our forefathers and gaining intimate insight into the animals’ habits, Patrick Laurie discovers that sometimes it really is about the journey as much as the destination.
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Treason, treachery and traitors, for those suffering Traitors withdrawal symptoms: Country Life Quiz of the Day, January 26, 2026
Put your general knowledge to the test with our daily quiz.
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'If romance was a property, this would be it': A wonderful Georgian house in a conservation village in the heart of West Sussex
At the centre of a circle which takes in Chichester, Arundel, the South Downs and the South Coast, Eastergate House is a home which ticks every box.
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Lord Byron, Charles Dickens and Sir Walter Scott once dined at this Jacobean mansion in London. Destroyed by The Blitz it lives on now only in the Country Life Archive
Lord Byron jockeyed for position at the table alongside Lord Melbourne and Benjamin Disraeli. Charles Dickens and Sir Walter ScottThe Holland House estate was once London's best example of early domestic Jacobean architecture in the country.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Mutton chops are back and everyone's drinking sloe gin
In his latest Country Life column, Will Hosie reveals what everyone's talking about this week (and growing, and drinking).
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Zero XE: Zipping around the countryside on a 'mountain bike on steroids'
Patrick Galbraith puts the latest electric offering from Zero Motorcycles through its paces.
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The smartest dog breed in the world — loved by Robert Burns and Queen Victoria
From the Border hills to Burns Night, the border collie remains what it has always been: an ancient working dog of extraordinary intelligence and loyalty.
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Five magical homes for sale, from an 18,000sq ft mansion in Devon to a 1960s-period piece right on the waterfront in Cornwall
Our look at some of the best homes to appear in the pages of Country Life in the past week or so includes a gem in Surrey that's deceptively new, and an eco-home in Hertfordshire.
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Hello Kitty, the FBI and the exclusive island of Nantucket: Weird and wonderful tartans, and where to find them
This Burns Night, Lotte Brundle offers you a brief history of the internationally celebrated chequered fabric.
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'Climbing is to ascend not only through space, but through centuries of lineage': The great staircases of Britain's finest country houses
The grand, sweeping staircases of old country houses are loaded with centuries of architectural, romantic and ghostly allure. Melanie Cable-Alexander takes a look at how they've become entwined with our ideas of what a country house should be.
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A golden-stone manor that's just about as perfect a Cotswolds home as you could wish for
Ford Manor sits in an idyllic hamlet in one of the most beautiful parts of England. Toby Keel takes a look.
