Life & Style
How to live your best life, from timeless fashion, jewellery and watches, to cars, food and drink and dogs
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Short legs working overtime, royal connections and that famous ‘butt wiggle’: The history of the CorgiLong, low-slung bodies, short legs working overtime, an unmistakable strut — and, of course, that famous ‘butt wiggle’. That’s right: the corgi.
By Florence Allen Published
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Marcus Wareing: ‘I’ve sacrificed more than any other chef’The MasterChef host and celebrity chef talks to Lotte Brundle.
By Lotte Brundle Published
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What is everyone talking about this weekend: Is cider the new black?Cider — more specifically, fine cider — is making waves on the British dining scene following a bumper apple harvest in 2025. Could cider tasting menus soon replace those for wine?
By Will Hosie Published
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£300 million, AI cameras and fixing 400 potholes a day: Despite best efforts, Britain's roads are worse than everJulie Harding tries to get to the bottom of why there are so many potholes and what, if anything, can be done.
By Julie Harding Published
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Swaine: A quiet authoritySponsor Content Created With Swaine London
Swaine — a byword for British excellence for more than 275 years — is celebrating the modern City gentleman in its latest campaign.
By Country Life Published
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What is everyone talking about this week: The curious case of American diningAs His Majesty The King heads stateside, Will Hosie ponders why Americans — who are allegedly Great Britain's greatest fans — haven't yet adopted our table manners.
By Will Hosie Published
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From Land's End to John o' Groats in one of the world's best sports carsFor more than 30 years, the Mazda MX-5 has been a favourite of petrolheads everywhere. Trinity Francis drives from Land's End to John o' Groats to find out why.
By Trinity Francis Published
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Elizabeth II's favourite accessory is a firm fashion crowd favourite — and it fits inside a pocketThe silk scarf was one of Elizabeth II's style signifiers and a big part of an exhibition celebrating everything she wore on what would've been her centenary year.
By Deborah Nicholls-Lee Published
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The first detailed and accurate bird’s-eye view of the capital ever seen shows London in a whole new lightA new book lets readers travel back in time to a period when myriad timber yards were on the south side of the Thames opposite the Strand and Bermondsey was open countryside.
By Julie Harding Published
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Salon Privé: Pictures from London's loudest garden partyAll the action from three days of classic and supercar action on the lawns of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
By James Fisher Published
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From the watch brand favoured by The King, to the £350,000 model featuring more astronomical features than a rocketship, here’s how to hide your money on your wristChris Hall rounds up the more modest (bear with us) launches at this year's Watches and Wonders exposition.
By Chris Hall Published
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A snob's guide to what to wear to workSpoiler alert: shorts and sandals are out.
By Sophia Money-Coutts Published
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The real life Aladdin's cave in Manchester repairing the world's brass instrumentsFrom trampled trombones to bruised bugles, the four-strong team at McQueen's can fix them all — and they have the royal seal of approval, writes Lotte Brundle.
By Lotte Brundle Published
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It’s a race to the auction house — Steve McQueen’s most storied watch is up for grabs at Sotheby'sBidders, start your engines. The Heuer Monaco watch worn by the effortlessly cool actor in the 1971 film ‘Le Mans’ is about to go on sale.
By Lotte Brundle Published
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When is a watch not just a watch? When it's also a piece of high jewelleryFelix Bischof selects his favourite timepieces from this year's Watches and Wonders that also double as beautifully pieces of jewellery.
By Felix Bischof Published
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What is everyone talking about this week: No verbiage, please, we're BritishWhat makes a good writer? Clarity is usually a good start. Yet LinkedIn users and job spec authors don't seem to have got the memo. Could AI help them? Will Hosie is doubtful.
By Will Hosie Published
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Aston Martin Valhalla: A brilliantly calibrated hypercar that won't make you deaf and won't try to kill youAston Martin's first production mid-engined hypercar is the most accomplished car they've ever made.
By Adam Hay-Nicholls Published
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A quick lunch with Paddle 655, the man who bought the world's most expensive eggThe Winter Egg, by Fabergé, sold for £22.895 million. Jonathan Self sits down with the mysterious buyer.
By Jonathan Self Published
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How many seamen does it take to move a Rolls-Royce and a Land Rover from a royal yacht?Jeremy Taylor gets to grips with a fleet of cars that lived in a bespoke garage aboard RY Britannia
By Jeremy Taylor Published
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The lunch menu is where it's atOsip's announcement of a new table d’hôte menu shows that fine dining is having to be more flexible than ever.
By Will Hosie Published
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A brush with greatness: If you only buy one hairbrush, make it this oneA history stretching back to 1777 makes Kent Brushes a byword for quality in brushmaking, writes acting Luxury Editor Amie Elizabeth White.
By Amie Elizabeth White Published


