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Ian Callum, once designer of Jags, now designer of luxury hotel suite featuring many bits of JagAdam Hay-Nicholls takes a visit to the Callum Suite at Taj 51 in London, INEOS Grenadier heading for a career in the Army, and a new rum heads to Silverstone.
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John Simpson: ‘I’d narrowly escaped execution as a British army spy in republican West Belfast'To celebrate the release of our recent 'English Issue', Paula Minchin spoke to six individuals on what being English means to them. Today's is John Simpson, the BBC’s world affairs editor.
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Louvain-la-Neuve: What happens when you combine Cosmic Brutalism, high Modernism and the Catholic churchWhen the Catholic and French-speaking population of Leuven were forced to find a new university, they built their own in a unique, almost operatic architectural style.
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Plan the perfect art heist by taking the Country Life Quiz of the Day, June 17, 2026Everyone (apart from the owners) enjoys a good caper. Here's a quiz about some of the great art thefts from history.
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You can ring my (Austrian peace) bell: Why these remarkable structures stand all over the worldWhile on a walking holiday in the Austrian Tyro, Pamela Goodman discovered a peace bell for the first time.
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The World Cup of Property: Can England end 60 years of hurt?Is a Scottish castle better than a French chateau? A tropical lodge better than a Cotswolds mansion? Our World Cup of Property looks to find out — and we kick things off at the quarter-final stage.
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'I can get the same sort of wellbeing from a glass of wine in the bath': A snob’s guide to pretending you like cold-water swimmingAs temperatures rise so too will the calls to go cold-water swimming — much to Sophia Money-Coutt's chagrin.
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If England wants to win the World Cup, it should listen to these emperor penguinsAs it turns out, the natural world has a lot of good advice for how to make a great football team. Country Life and the World Wide Fund for Nature break down the keys to success.
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The price is right in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, June 16, 2026Match the country house to its price. And maybe even buy one yourself in the process.
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Long before kleptomania, nymphomania, Lisztomania and egomania, there was EgyptomaniaThe enduring appeal of Ancient Egypt is one of our longest-running obsessions, and a new jewellery collection from Van Cleef & Arpels shows that we're not bored of it yet.
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Everyone deserves a break, and that includes the Country Life PodcastThe Country Life Podcast is taking a short break. James Fisher, the host, explains why.
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Country Life June 17, 2026Country Life June 17, 2026, looks at irises, super summer salads and why we love to be beside the seaside.
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The home of a Monty Python superstar, where Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher partied with the Rolling StonesIn the heart of St John's Wood, a magnificent period home has come up for sale that has been home to some of the biggest stars of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Cheerio Churchill, hello hedgehogs: The British animals Country Life wants to see on our banknotesAs the nation votes on the British wildlife that will appear on the next series of banknotes, our writers argue their case for their favourite animals.
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The Country Life Quiz of the Day, June 15, 2026, gets incredibly metaThis quiz is about quizzes. Hold on to your hats.
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Floella, Baroness Benjamin: ‘66 years ago, this new world felt alien and harsh, but I grew to love the English's eccentricities and peculiarities'To celebrate the release of this week's 'English Issue', Paula Minchin spoke to six individuals on what being English means to them. Today's is the Trinidadian-British actress and Liberal Democrat peer, Floella Benjamin.
