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What is everyone talking about this week: Mutton chops are back and everyone's drinking sloe gin
In his latest Country Life column, Will Hosie reveals what everyone's talking about this week (and growing, and drinking).
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Zero XE: Zipping around the countryside on a 'mountain bike on steroids'
Patrick Galbraith puts the latest electric offering from Zero Motorcycles through its paces.
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The smartest dog breed in the world — loved by Robert Burns and Queen Victoria
From the Border hills to Burns Night, the border collie remains what it has always been: an ancient working dog of extraordinary intelligence and loyalty.
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Hello Kitty, the FBI and the exclusive island of Nantucket: Weird and wonderful tartans, and where to find them
This Burns Night, Lotte Brundle offers you a brief history of the internationally celebrated chequered fabric.
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‘I thought I was going to be sick. I was very nervous about MasterChef’: Monica Galetti’s consuming passions
The professional chef talks to Lotte Brundle about food, family and how fame came calling.
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Forget haggis — the humble swede is the real hero of the Burns Night meal
Douglas Chalmers makes his case for the underrated root vegetable.
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Come rain or shine: Burberry’s Gabardine Capsule collection celebrates the art of dressing for Britain’s changeable skies
Burberry is celebrating the revolutionary fabric its founder invented with a new collection designed for adventures in Britain's countryside — and its unpredictable weather.
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Tom Parker Bowles talks tartiflette: 'This is not a dish worried about precision, elegance or nuance. It is all about beautiful ballast and you wouldn’t want it any other way'
Tartiflette is one of the most gloriously indulgent après-ski centrepieces, but you don’t need to have spent the day bombing down black runs to enjoy it
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Posh people do well on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! because they survived boarding school: Sophia Money-Coutt's snob's guide to reality television
'One of my least favourite forms of snobbery is television snobbery,' says our weekly columnist — who also reveals what her favourite reality television shows are.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Winter weddings might just be better than their summer counterparts
As our winters warm, so have Britons warmed to winter weddings. Just keep the fireplace well stocked.
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The monk strap: Where did the shoe with sole and sophistication come from?
Amie Elizabeth White charts the history of the monk strap shoe — beloved by Clark Gable, Cary Grant and James Bond.
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Twenty momentous photographs from the last 100 years that define our history
Every photograph tells a story and none more so than these 20 unforgettable ones.
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AI is now reaching into every corner of our lives — we can, and must, carefully choose how to engage with it
Emma Hughes, a key part of Country Life magazine's features team, is also a novelist. She reflects on the expanding reach of AI after finding out that her work had been 'scraped' in order to train Meta's new AI assistant, Llama 3.
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The best preparation for a half marathon is a long drive in the Aston Martin Vanquish Volante
Nick Hendrix heads to the south coast for a long run. He felt it was important to arrive in style.
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‘They don’t just fling themselves at you — they choose you’: Everything you need to know about the Scottish terrier
From Queen Victoria and Franklin D. Roosevelt to Rudyard Kipling and Humphrey Bogart — the Scottish terrier has been winning admirers for centuries, but it is a breed that chooses its people carefully.
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Sin, deceit, art, education: The secret history of playing cards explained
From China, through Persia, India, Europe and now in most of our homes. The humble hearts, clubs, spades and jacks have quite the story to tell.
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'I am blessed with many talents, most of which I can’t print, but taking a decent photograph is not one of them': How a camera-challenged Millennial fell in love with a landscape
A recent visit to Kinloch Lodge hotel was accompanied by a lesson in landscape photography.
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What do Taylor Swift, Guy Ritchie and The King have in common? They all love a 200-year-old fabric born in Scotland’s textile mills
Lovat Mill, the last tweed producer in the Scottish Borders, has fans in Madonna, Taylor Swift and The King — and they’re releasing 15 new designs to celebrate the fabric’s 200 year anniversary.
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The Glovebox: Fashion that's fast and five of our favourite Concours for 2026
Plus, a sneak peek into what we're planning for the new year.
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Make sure you don't skip these South of England art and history highlights
In our final instalment of Charlotte Mullins' fifty treasures series she journeys to the South of England and the Isle of White.
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The seven artistic wonders of the Midlands to put on your bucket list
In the latest instalment of her fifty treasures of the British Isles series, Charlotte Mullins takes a look at what's to be found in the Midlands.
