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Country Life August 12, 2026Country Life August 12, 2026, meets the churchwardens, our unsung heroes of village life. Plus, Tom Howells goes worm charming, we examine the radical Pre-Raphaelites and how the heatwaves are revealing long-lost gardens.
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Touchscreens are a window into a hell of our own makingToo minimal, too boring, too grey. The interior of a car used to be a sacred space, and now it's just another office. But it doesn't have to be like this, argues James Fisher.
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A home that brings modern luxury to a castle built by one of the heroes of AgincourtA home in the West Wing of Thurland Castle has come up for sale, and it's a fascinating mix of new and old.
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Athena: The best stage for contemporary art is inside our historic houses and gardensClaydon House in Buckinghamshire is hosting a new exhibition by White Cube gallery.
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Get your head in the clouds with the Country Life Quiz of the Day, August 10, 2026Today's quiz is about those fluffy white things in the sky.
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A beautiful house in one of the Cinque Ports that appeared in Country Life in 1997 is back on the marketOn the High Street in the heart of Sandwich, this Grade II-listed townhouse is seeking a new owner for the first time in almost 30 years.
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The great Tudor hall that housed the guillotine probably used on Marie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette was executed by guillotine on October 16, 1793. Rumour has is that the exact same machine found its way to Weald Hall in Essex where it was photographed by Country Life.
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British wool is booming, but where are all the sheep?The wooly good news is that demand for British wool is rising sharply. The wooly bad news is that global sheep numbers are declining.
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The Bentley Bentayga Speed is Britain's biggest muscle car — and probably its bestPut on your leather jacket, cowboy boots and loose jeans, we're going to Waitrose in a cloud of smoke.
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'Her "wellness ecosystem" more resembles a members' club than pet care': Five ways to spoil your dogs with ultimate luxuryWith dogs fast becoming the luxury sector's new best friend, Mary Skipwith meets five top dogs unleashing the very best in pet-friendly experiences.
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Five charming country homes, from an Oxfordshire cottage to a grand Yorkshire mansion, as seen in Country LifeA sweeping staircase lit by a stained glass window is one of the superb houses to come to market through Country Life this week.
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If this drought has one upside, it's that it's revealed many of our landscape's long lost treasuresThis week's Athena notes that at Portchester Castle, and other sites, more history is on show than usual due to the heat and drought.
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Scarborough: How the 'queen of spas' created the modern seaside townA woman’s discovery of an iron-rich spring four centuries ago launched the development of Scarborough as the original seaside resort. Kathryn Ferry tells the remarkable story of the architectural development of the North Yorkshire spa.
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A 400-year-old cottage for sale with vivid and bohemian interiors that are, quite literally, works of artThe artist Mark Brazier-Jones has works on display at the Louvre and the V&A Museum, and has had his creations bought by Madonna, Mick Jagger and Karl Lagerfeld. What he's done with his 400-year-old country home stands alongside anything he's produced in his career.
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The ultimate shapeshifters: There's more to clouds than meets the eyeConstable spent hours re-creating them on canvas and Shelley was so obsessed that he wrote a poem pretending to be one.
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Sir Nicholas Coleridge: ‘I went to Prince Andrew's 21st birthday party disguised as a chauffeur’The former media executive tells Lotte Brundle about working for a young Tina Brown, eating dog for The Spectator and how he definitely doesn't miss being a journalist, despite reading the papers at 5am each day.
