<![CDATA[ Latest from Country Life in Culture ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture Wed, 06 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 en <![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 <![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 <![CDATA[ 'You don't want to be cast out of Car Park One, do you? A snob's guide to Royal Ascot picnics ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/countryside/rural-life/you-dont-want-to-be-cast-out-of-car-park-one-do-you-a-snobs-guide-to-royal-ascot-picnics CwWNRzrsbZherszzZKbhff Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:25:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I have no concept of anyone who's like me. Now, that's either because I'm such an egomaniac that I am sort of completely self obsessed, or … because I haven’t watched enough films’: Monty Don’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/i-have-no-concept-of-anyone-whos-like-me-now-thats-either-because-im-such-an-egomaniac-that-i-am-sort-of-completely-self-obsessed-or-because-i-havent-watched-enough-films-monty-dons-consuming-passions o8fveKR2nBTwXpvK7bztnf Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ A tourist tax is a nice idea, but it is not an answer to a cultural crisis ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/a-tourist-tax-is-a-nice-idea-but-it-is-not-the-answer mqEk47gTsKso9A3AAwVXie Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:57:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Who wouldn’t want a full head of hair like Paul Anthony Kelly as JFK Jr in "Love Story"?': A snob's guide to hair transplants ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/who-wouldnt-want-a-full-head-of-hair-like-paul-anthony-kelly-as-jfk-jr-in-love-story-a-snobs-guide-to-hair-transplants m7UNrDrWQ5p8JaYHRmqYCZ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The world has gone Lilliputian: The 21st-century renaissance of the dolls' house ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/the-world-has-gone-lilliputian-the-21st-century-renaissance-of-the-dolls-house 9ZG6AexEnGb9sAkz7fyZdc Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘I try to offset that sense of boring normality by playing bass in a punk rock band with Robert Peston and Ed Balls’: John Wilson’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/i-try-to-offset-that-sense-of-boring-normality-by-playing-bass-in-a-punk-rock-band-with-robert-peston-and-ed-balls-john-wilsons-consuming-passions UszTLrP9FAvn5x56sLfhXP Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:06:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ A snob's guide to out of office messages ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/a-snobs-guide-to-out-of-office-messages Cj2mcVnHEnzjYBtH2g4vem Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ These are a few of Dame Prue Leith's favourite things ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/these-are-a-few-of-dame-prue-leiths-favourite-things tykqnHyQXxZuTEcvUYydPL Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ A glass act: This centuries-old craft is alive and well ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/a-glass-act-this-centuries-old-craft-is-alive-and-well MtyW4RtbDrekpf6ktxCV7B Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘Dialogue is an extension of feeling. If I don’t remember a line, it’s because I haven’t understood why I was saying it’: Claire Foy’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/dialogue-is-an-extension-of-feeling-if-i-dont-remember-a-line-its-because-i-havent-understood-why-i-was-saying-it-claire-foys-consuming-passions 9KDcYuLNJNwUStTByEZXoT Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ John Goodall: Every attraction has a visitor threshold and pushing beyond it is destructive ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/out-and-about/every-attraction-has-a-visitor-threshold-and-pushing-beyond-it-is-destructive wod6SLae37xXTramXHRWJ7 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:19:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Without wishing to sound like a terrible show-off, I’ve been in public with the odd famous person before': A snob's guide to approaching a celebrity ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/without-wishing-to-sound-like-a-terrible-show-off-ive-been-in-public-with-the-odd-famous-person-before-a-snobs-guide-to-approaching-a-celebrity Rru4q2ozemKKRvbNXHhXNo Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Under the arches of the Grand Palais, Hermès proves it's the master of leather ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/out-and-about/under-the-arches-of-the-grand-palais-hermes-proves-its-the-master-of-leather gUu2SNti9AAMXp4Qdm8ro5 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:50:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'First, all the Georgian silver goes, and then all that furniture. Then, the Canalettos go': The anatomy of a country-house sale ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/first-all-the-georgian-silver-goes-and-then-all-that-furniture-then-the-canalettos-go-the-anatomy-of-a-country-house-sale 2UpYHvf8DtFuTGTjN8uuLS Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:02:00 +0000 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:30:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'If the Chelsea Flower Show is the glitzy public face of British gardening, then the country’s amateur flower shows encapsulate its older, gentler side' ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-interiors/if-the-chelsea-flower-show-is-the-glitzy-public-face-of-british-gardening-then-the-countrys-amateur-flower-shows-encapsulate-its-older-gentler-side BpBerqfoN8vt7RT4nyKuCd Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘Being a jeweller, you have to keep on top of the news, because you're affected so much by the price of gold': Sheherazade Goldsmith’s consuming passions ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/being-a-jeweller-you-have-to-keep-on-top-of-the-news-because-youre-affected-so-much-by-the-price-of-gold-sheherazade-goldsmiths-consuming-passions rZza8MJ5vekynny2JbA3mY Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alphonse Mucha: The Czech artist who went from penurious obscurity to foundational figure of Art Nouveau movement ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/alphonse-mucha-the-czech-artist-who-went-from-penurious-obscurity-to-foundational-figure-of-art-nouveau-movement 2H8GDkpGzpJa5te6ZnE9ta Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ What is everyone talking about this week: Why eavesdropping is back ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/what-is-everyone-talking-about-this-week-why-eavesdropping-is-back yXUZ6gGuNBtnJaks7eAMNj Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Don't change a thing': 90 years of the Spitfire's soaring success ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/dont-change-a-thing-90-years-of-the-spitfires-soaring-success j7cpwoinJjFNnxfycy7sFn Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Borders, identity, and the truth about Cornish independence, with Richard Collett ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/borders-identity-and-the-truth-about-cornish-independence-with-richard-collett KDPwRAK98zhP8ePZxGWQQb Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:42:26 +0000 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:43:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ What is everyone talking about this week: Did Timothée Chalamet's comments on ballet and opera cost him the Oscar? ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/what-is-everyone-talking-about-this-week-did-timothee-chalamets-comments-on-ballet-and-opera-cost-him-the-oscar GbgRMoFiDDJKnWQu6PVxU3 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:29:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sarah Raven: ‘I find nature very inspiring and reassuring, when things are feeling a bit dire in the world and we have world wars’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/sarah-raven-i-find-nature-very-inspiring-and-reassuring-when-things-are-feeling-a-bit-dire-in-the-world-and-we-have-world-wars UZqV5Gs6JBeXQZgAmfVcDo Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ What happened to bottom knockers, canine-bothering dog whippers and grime-caked mudlarks? ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/what-happened-to-bottom-knockers-canine-bothering-dog-whippers-and-grime-caked-mudlarks gEuLYabdcLpnJGneBFNFig Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ A distinguished copy of 'Salvator Mundi' is now on offer — could it also be the truest to Leonardo da Vinci's vision? ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/the-most-distinguished-copy-of-salvator-mundi-is-now-on-offer-could-it-also-be-the-truest-to-leonardo-da-vincis-vision vQoBBEP2U6ERWA78vrNntc Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ A wedding who’s who: Are you the high-maintenance bride, helicopter father or alternative couple? ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/a-wedding-whos-who-are-you-the-high-maintenance-bride-helicopter-father-or-alternative-couple WUHLUmiBwkPWcp6Jnz2HbE Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'I have 12 dogs and they are my greatest joy': These are a few of Manolo Blahnik's favourite things ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/i-have-12-dogs-and-they-are-my-greatest-joy-these-are-a-few-of-manolo-blahniks-favourite-things 4sB3KsuHAjLkjm2UFtCfuj Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘Never back a grey horse’: Where the Cheltenham Festival superstition comes from ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/countryside/never-back-a-grey-horse-all-about-the-cheltenham-festival-superstition-and-how-it-came-about xmniiGG2dM9EjW6H4E3qrU Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Easel on the eye: The genius of John Piper ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/easel-on-the-eye-the-genius-of-john-piper 8FVvWQNYvZKaUtgcYys5pP Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:33:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ What is everyone talking about this week: The man creating the new Turner Prize ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/what-is-everyone-talking-about-this-week-the-man-creating-the-new-turner-prize fuRgeWSb9ADqoFutpfatqR Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eve Myles: ‘You wouldn't believe how many Emily Blunt pictures get sent to me to sign’ ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/eve-myles-im-the-most-non-confrontational-person-youll-ever-meet-whereas-most-of-the-characters-i-play-are-the-most-confident-confrontational-women-going 8BPmwA9A8TEkRUkuZRRed7 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:02:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pamela Goodman: In the battle of the beauties, Mona Lisa will always come out on top ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/pamela-goodman-in-the-battle-of-the-beauties-mona-lisa-will-always-come-out-on-top mrRasFztHqRyLA24xVNdb6 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ A right royal affair with the stars ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/a-right-royal-affair-with-the-stars LcSUNjCRuspQezvWYiSmLk Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ These are a few of James Middleton's favourite things ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/people/these-are-a-few-of-james-middletons-favourite-things ZCrwe48Gkmqu4ZpJg83Wgh Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Thomas Gainsborough means one thing in Britain. He means another in America ]]> https://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/art-exhibitions/thomas-gainsborough-means-one-thing-in-britain-he-means-another-in-america g547E2sHRLgfqJFDun8HML Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000