<![CDATA[ Latest from Country Life in Culture ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Alan Titchmarsh: ‘Being from Yorkshire is akin to being English with knobs on’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/alan-titchmarsh-being-from-yorkshire-is-akin-to-being-english-with-knobs-on 6zobvTEYCtxcfoRv3tXd5Z Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ With Nothing Underneath's founder Pip Durell: ‘The Meghan Markle effect? That was crazy’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/with-nothing-underneaths-founder-pip-durell-the-meghan-markle-effect-that-was-crazy y7wNSYQHqvXmcrtpRU5xdg Sat, 20 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sir Tristram Hunt: 'Here is the brilliance, eccentricity, liberty and skill of the English’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/sir-tristram-hunt-here-is-the-brilliance-eccentricity-liberty-and-skill-of-the-english G4XiJgAnXDZZPqkMZf6swQ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:30:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ John Simpson: ‘I’d narrowly escaped execution as a British army spy in republican West Belfast' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/john-simpson-id-narrowly-escaped-execution-as-a-british-army-spy-in-republican-west-belfast u4gxQYvxUFuPZLTAhVM6M9 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Write of way: The landscapes that inspired our greatest literary works ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/write-of-way-the-landscapes-that-inspired-our-greatest-literary-works nf6TyhV4aQrY9BLykNLRvi Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:05:00 +0000 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:36:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Floella, Baroness Benjamin: ‘66 years ago, this new world felt alien and harsh, but I grew to love the English's eccentricities and peculiarities' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/floella-baroness-benjamin-66-years-ago-this-new-world-felt-alien-and-harsh-but-i-grew-to-love-the-englishs-eccentricities-and-peculiarities cwWBaAYD5Sxu9bydNCRZ7g Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The exhibition reminds you in a very physical way that everything is connected': How Britain’s greatest sculptor engages with the world ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/the-exhibition-reminds-you-in-a-very-physical-way-that-everything-is-connected-how-britains-greatest-sculptor-engages-with-the-world jjcUQVaage4FFzKVbXbN4D Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sally Phillips: ‘I accidentally lived in a brothel’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/sally-phillips-i-accidentally-lived-in-a-brothel Sh6jd2EBR4fANmaBBjLA2T Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sir John Major: ‘For all its frustrations, England is where I wish to live. I feel blessed to be British' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/sir-john-major-for-all-its-frustrations-england-is-where-i-wish-to-live-i-feel-blessed-to-be-british uMXr2vSCBFmF68WM9xomnd Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Athena: Texting in the theatre is always bad manners ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/texting-in-the-theatre-is-always-bad-manners HJqHhxwU76g7rhyChS5LiU Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tom Parker Bowles: ‘The English art of the witty put down is unmatched’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/tom-parker-bowles-the-english-art-of-the-witty-put-down-is-unmatched 5abJaCFjvicbx3rKEtVeA3 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ A T-Rex by the name of Gus is going up for auction —and he could be the most expensive dinosaur ever sold ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/a-t-rex-by-the-name-of-gus-is-going-up-for-auction-and-he-could-be-the-most-expensive-dinosaur-ever-sold ZD4Gqej3Pa82aNfhMSUxbH Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:55:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Was there ever a city so densely populated by brilliant minds, so tightly packed with bright ideas? Mark Rothko is following in the footsteps of Michelangelo and taking over Florence ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/was-there-ever-a-city-so-densely-populated-by-brilliant-minds-so-tightly-packed-with-bright-ideas-mark-rothko-is-following-in-the-footsteps-of-michelangelo-and-taking-over-florence o6CTptjpGqGuWFu3rtV4Ke Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:01:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hugo Vickers: 'Wallis Simpson enjoyed being the King’s friend, but in no way did she want to become his wife, or to cause a major constitutional crisis' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/hugo-vickers-wallis-simpson-enjoyed-being-the-kings-friend-but-in-no-way-did-she-want-to-become-his-wife-or-to-cause-a-major-constitutional-crisis BEqrphzEmRQSoYyVTJ4jij Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Lady Anne Glenconner: ‘Princess Margaret and I were quite naughty then, Elizabeth always had an eye out for us’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/lady-anne-glenconner-princess-margaret-and-i-were-quite-naughty-then-elizabeth-always-had-an-eye-out-for-us xduwiqXuptGzg5EuEEYySd Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The real passion of polo is found in its ordinary players ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/out-and-about/the-real-passion-of-polo-is-found-in-its-ordinary-players yeaeRSPzpLCf96y6r4YEvc Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:02:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Royalty, racing drivers and the Riviera’s most charming reprobates: Inside Monaco's fabulous parties ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/out-and-about/royalty-racing-drivers-and-the-rivieras-most-charming-reprobates-inside-monacos-fabulous-parties b9SnGpsUShsKDKeE6J6pEQ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Few historical figures have sat at such a rich juncture between power, empire and progress than this East London princess ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/few-historical-figures-have-sat-at-such-a-rich-juncture-between-power-empire-and-progress-than-this-east-london-princess ii4sSZG2vS7QivPEopXLsT Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Keep calm and carry on because the triumphant return of British landscape painting is here ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/keep-calm-and-carry-on-because-the-triumphant-return-of-british-landscape-painting-is-here VHHTaDa9zjxNNEN3J75L5D Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dame Prue Leith: ‘I won't say we were rolling drunk, but we were definitely tight’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/dame-prue-leith-i-wont-say-we-were-rolling-drunk-but-we-were-definitely-tight Y5QPGPHaAQEXwmmEXpbcrU Sat, 30 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'She said it was the most haunted place she had known and asked if we’d seen all the ghosts': Alexander Armstrong on his first house in the country ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/she-said-it-was-the-most-haunted-place-she-had-known-and-asked-if-wed-seen-all-the-ghosts-alexander-armstrong-on-his-first-house-in-the-country BDo5NePfPqVWeawGy9cjyk Wed, 27 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Wed, 27 May 2026 11:15:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ No shoes please, we're French: The seaside gallery celebrating Pop Art — and you have to look round barefoot ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/no-shoes-please-were-french-the-seaside-gallery-celebrating-pop-art-and-you-you-have-to-look-round-barefoot HQLoMrzVXpkGqWEuj532DH Tue, 26 May 2026 14:02:00 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:38:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ The enduring English vision of Midsomer Murders still captivates the world ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/out-and-about/the-enduring-english-vision-of-midsomer-murders-still-captivates-the-world QyZYZVNrfbNKJxBbHo3BFP Mon, 25 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Thu, 28 May 2026 10:46:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The Luftwaffe created plenty of space in the city that is ideal for a game': How the game of boules is taking over Britain ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/out-and-about/the-luftwaffe-created-plenty-of-space-in-the-city-that-is-ideal-for-a-game-how-the-game-of-boules-is-taking-over-britain k2hjtNPD8o7DRfSb6xFnZQ Sat, 23 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: ‘Nettles, grey squirrels and the occasional placenta? I’m relaxed about that’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall-nettles-grey-squirrels-and-the-occasional-placenta-im-relaxed-about-that VeZgiBBfu9y3KnLFgEWWNU Sat, 23 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Sat, 23 May 2026 15:04:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘My first introduction to her was to do with her death, which is a strange way to meet a character’: Our obsession with Ophelia ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/my-first-introduction-to-her-was-to-do-with-her-death-which-is-a-strange-way-to-meet-a-character-our-obsession-with-ophelia 7aKandm6smyyfAhs9Vf4MY Fri, 22 May 2026 15:02:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘We thought they could be a lovely gift for our daughter-in-law’: How an unsuspecting couple found £11,000 worth of cat paintings in a skip ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/when-we-initially-saw-them-they-grabbed-our-attention-as-we-thought-it-could-be-a-lovely-gift-for-our-daughter-in-law-who-loves-cats-how-an-unsuspecting-welsh-couple-found-gbp11-000-worth-of-cat-paintings-in-a-skip PtMgJrwDVbtyxDQXQe84ZU Thu, 21 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Thu, 21 May 2026 14:43:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ What is everyone talking about this week: The secret life of plankton ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/countryside/nature-wildlife/what-is-everyone-talking-about-this-week-the-secret-life-of-plankton 5KC6VzvsV4PKLYx2NyHyCc Mon, 18 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cariad Lloyd: ‘What I would like people to get from me is a Moomin vibe’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/cariad-lloyd-what-i-would-like-people-to-get-from-me-is-a-moomin-vibe UHUxYxXA53Kouu6XZib9GZ Sat, 16 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bountiful maiden or Virgin Queen: The many faces of Elizabeth I paint a compelling portrait ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/bountiful-maiden-or-virgin-queen-the-many-faces-of-elizabeth-i-paint-a-compelling-portrait mb7eep6SXiNi6c7ypcaYad Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The mysterious case of one of the most important British artists of the 1990s who is back with a bang after more than 25 years ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/the-mysterious-case-of-one-of-the-most-important-british-artists-of-the-1990s-who-is-back-with-a-bang-after-more-than-25-years CAFrffPNyvKo72m8vxEB3m Mon, 11 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ It's a Henry Moore summer in the gardens of England ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/its-a-henry-moore-summer-in-the-gardens-of-england qbcuDZjfDJ2EfXzDvGYpVT Mon, 11 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Which club is right for you? ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/lifestyle/which-club-is-right-for-you ARZgXzEEjMFNbJncg9yygW Sat, 09 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ An opportunity to inspect even one of the gargantuan pages of Audubon's Birds of America shouldn't be missed ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/an-opportunity-to-inspect-even-one-of-the-gargantuan-pages-of-audubons-birds-of-america-shouldnt-be-missed ndzx9rpsan3Jrnb6dU8PrQ Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Fri, 08 May 2026 16:17:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Have you considered a dog?A snob's guide to heartbreak ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/have-you-considered-a-dog-a-snobs-guide-to-heartbreak dLNsKhPCyHb5L3vvJuSvq8 Wed, 06 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'I hadn't seen anyone who looked like me moving outdoors': Bethany Handley on nature, access, and going up mountains in a pink wheelchair ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/i-hadnt-seen-anyone-who-looked-like-me-moving-outdoors-bethany-handley-on-nature-access-and-going-up-mountains-in-a-pink-wheelchair PVfzgNTM7QEAFpnnhNaaED Tue, 05 May 2026 11:25:00 +0000 Tue, 05 May 2026 17:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Heist alive! Andrew Lloyd Webber takes on the man who stole the Mona Lisa ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/heist-alive-andrew-lloyd-webber-takes-on-the-man-who-stole-the-mona-lisa tSPyW3AGBpBnCPysq543L7 Tue, 05 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Met Gala dress code is 'Fashion is Art'. But is it? ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/the-met-gala-dress-code-is-fashion-is-art-but-is-it Y23YJTeKoqWz4UhsYRAFwf Mon, 04 May 2026 15:08:11 +0000 Mon, 04 May 2026 15:35:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Rocco knows that the four-hours-on, two-hours-off routine of an Atlantic crossing is nothing to the sleep deprivation of Cowes Week': A spotter's guide to the Season ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/out-and-about/rocco-knows-that-the-four-hours-on-two-hours-off-routine-of-an-atlantic-crossing-is-nothing-to-the-sleep-deprivation-of-cowes-week-a-spotters-guide-to-the-season AvZpKXZfhqw6guwqaw9xqM Mon, 04 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Marcus Wareing: ‘I’ve sacrificed more than any other chef’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/marcus-wareing-ive-sacrificed-more-than-any-other-chef 9JGPdZue9grsf2KxEWLtAj Sat, 02 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hamish Mackie reveals his dream time-travel destination and the artist he'd most like to meet ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/hamish-mackie-reveals-his-dream-time-travel-destination-and-the-artist-hed-most-like-to-meet qNqGF9hRh2HxHQK7PqjboN Fri, 01 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Wed, 06 May 2026 16:03:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The builders took the roof off and all the walls fell down': Mary King on her first house in the country ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/the-builders-took-the-roof-off-and-all-the-walls-fell-down-mary-king-on-her-first-house-in-the-country 4tS5544gT7fGyFRBEVxvsQ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Tue, 05 May 2026 09:57:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Lock your doors and close the windows, the Royal Family is coming to visit ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/lock-your-doors-and-close-the-windows-the-royal-family-is-coming-to-visit s2MESQRBzHzvphkwpjxNqJ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Audiobooks are closer to how stories used to work before we pretended silence was superior': These are a few of Rankin's favourite things ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/audiobooks-are-closer-to-how-stories-used-to-work-before-we-pretended-silence-was-superior-these-are-a-few-of-rankins-favourite-things GxqscqfozAcqYmnwNS5HkC Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is the cure for modern life as simple as going for a walk? ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/is-the-cure-for-modern-life-as-simple-as-going-for-a-walk a9hQgm8x2tKxZq9VGdvQZ9 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Clodagh McKenna on living next door to the real Downton Abbey, meeting her husband at Fortnum & Mason’s and forest bathing ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/clodagh-mckenna-on-living-next-door-to-the-real-downton-abbey-meeting-her-husband-at-fortnum-and-masons-and-forest-bathing BzwXPPNSQQUhvLXKBd87w3 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Titanic cruise line baron who revitalised the fortunes of an entire village sold through the pages of Country Life ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/the-titanic-cruise-line-baron-who-revitalised-the-fortunes-of-an-entire-village-sold-through-the-pages-of-country-life niMTB3BVhaya2XSxMcMRS5 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘He approached death as the next part he was going to play’: Gregory Doran on life after the death of his husband ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/he-approached-death-as-the-next-part-he-was-going-to-play-gregory-doran-on-life-after-the-death-of-his-husband-anthony-sher pYhH9ViorGzVb8P7KN96x Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'The best letters feel necessary, as though the writer couldn’t not write them': Shaun Usher opens the envelope on 13 years of Letters Live ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/whether-its-funny-furious-tender-or-mundane-the-best-letters-feel-necessary-as-though-the-writer-couldnt-not-write-them-shaun-usher-opens-the-envelope-on-13-years-of-letters-live cMXmXLvnVNpmYLmhXtZRZD Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘Vandalised, disembowelled and dismembered’: Artist Jack Milroy gives books a brutal treatment with beautiful results ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/vandalised-disembowelled-and-dismembered-artist-jack-milroy-gives-books-a-brutal-treatment-with-beautiful-results JxFvAJnthTTzwkbWBLBNVF Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000