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'If there is a European hotel with more magical swim spots then I have yet to find it': Stay on the private island of the man behind the world’s favourite pastisOur Travel Editor was one of the first to stay at Zannier Île de Bendor.
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Marilyn Monroe's iconic house in Palm Springs is up for sale. Whether she actually lived there is an entirely different questionMarilyn Monroe's life and career were shaped by her time in the Californian desert oasis of Palm Springs almost as much as they were shaped by Hollywood — and her 'Marilyn Monroe Doll House' in the city is now for sale. But as ever with the greatest starlet in movie history, the tale is not quite as straightforward as it initially seems.
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a what? Find out in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, August 7, 2026Famous quotes we all know, but from whom?
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One billion years old and the rarest colour of them all: A five minute guide to the pink diamondMeet the unimaginably uncommon pink gemstone that’s older than almost everything around us.
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'Yes, it was awful, but there was also so much love': Francis Bacon and George Dyer at the Edinburgh FringeA new play looks at the vibrant, chaotic and passionate relationship between two lovers. Carla Passino talks to its creator Alistair Hall.
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A beautiful home on the medieval green next to one of Britain's greatest cathedralsThis wonderful home sits literally in the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral. Julie Harding takes a look.
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Why centuries of superstitions cast this bird as a villain and an omen of ill fortuneThe swaggering corvid with the chain-smoker’s rasp carries around centuries’ worth of superstitions. Mark Cocker asks if the magpie’s reputation has been unfairly tarred.
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One of the world's finest polo estates for sale, with pristine pitches, a string of houses, and space for 120 horsesThe Emsworth Estate is up for sale, and it's a vanishingly-rare opportunity to buy a place that's been home-from-home to the greatest polo player of all time.
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The RA's Summer Exhibition is a lightning rod for artistic argumentsThe most famous exhibition in the world has been a magnet for controversy ever since its inception.
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'Stately, spacious and much more enjoyable': The RHS garden show that outdoes ChelseaA visit to RHS Badminton left Mary Keen impressed.
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Country Life's heatwave winners and losers. Spoiler alert: it's good news for tomatoesAs we struggle through another heatwave, we list our winners and losers of the sweltering season.
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'I wake up and still can’t quite believe that I live here': Sophie Conran on her first house in the countryThe designer, cook and gardener Sophie Conran spent years looking for her dream home in the country before finding Salthrop Manor, the ideal place in Wiltshire. She spoke to Julie Harding.
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Why don't more people know about the Bodmin-born horologist who helped put Britain — quite literally — on the map?Robin Swithinbank remembers John Arnold on the 225th anniversary of his greatest creation.
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Where in the world is the Country Life Quiz of the Day, August 5, 2026?Can you recognise these famous cities?
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No shirt, no shoes, no respect: Well dressed and well-behaved tourists only, pleaseAs holiday's in the UK are set to rise, we need to make sure that visitors, both domestic and foreign, are dressing the part.
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The 300-year-old bookcases in a Devon castle that's been in the same family for 600 yearsJohn Goodall talks to the 19th Earl of Devon, Charlie Courtenay, about one of the greatest treasures at Powderham Castle.
