When it comes to treating yourself to a new party dress or a pair of cufflinks, or if you want to buy a brilliant present for a loved one, look no further than our High Life section. From the most inspiring travel trips to the latest news in luxury watches, and beautiful jewellery, let Country Life guide you to the very best in beautiful things.
Plus, read articles from our brilliant Gentleman’s Life magazine, including the 39 steps to being a gentleman.
Using unworn family heirlooms to create new pieces that will be worn over and over — and enjoyed, rather than sitting redundantly in a jewellery box — is a wonderful way to give old things new life. Hetty Lintell takes a look at how jeweller Cassandra Goad does just this for her clients.
Amelia Thorpe picks some of the finest fireplace surrounds and accessories for your home.
Photographer Valerie Mather has chronicled the lives of farmers in her award-winning images, which are now collected together together in a handsome book: Yorkshire Born & Bred: Farming Life.
Make the little one’s room a haven of calm, says Hetty Lintell.
Philanthropist Sir Tim Sainsbury picks out a true Renaissance masterpiece.
If you'd told us 11 months ago where we'd be now, we wouldn't have believed you — but here some tips on keeping your head held high.
Martin Gayford considers the importance of snarling creatures, human and otherwise, in the art of Francis Bacon.
Hetty Lintell picks out the best hats for this time of year and offers tips on looking after them.
Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer and iconic motoring firm Porsche have embarked upon a new partnership, resulting in the TAG Heuer Carrera Porsche Chronograph.
Wendy Philips, deputy chairman of Sotheby’s, chooses a classic Velázquez.
Samuel Clemens Leghorn — better known as Mark Twain — was a man of many trades besides writing, and one of his inventions is still with us today. Martin Fone explains more.
If you stuck to your resolutions in January, congratulations. If, like the other 99.999% of us, you didn't manage it then step this way...
Fashioned from driftwood, barbed wire, sea urchins and barnacle-encrusted plastic mannequins, Earl Granville’s eclectic sculptures are inspired by the Hebridean island of North Uist’s wild weather and terrain, discovers David Profumo.
Photographic historian Robin Muir chooses a portrait by Ambrose McEvoy.
After being liberated from a Nazi death camp, a Jewish boy sketched more than 80 profoundly moving drawings detailing his incarceration. Charlie Inglefield explains how he came to co-author a book of Thomas Geve’s powerful words and pictures.
Buying an engagement ring can be the most exciting yet terrifying of purchases. Cassandra Goad can take away all the worry.
Baroness Floella Benjamin chooses her favourite painting, a striking portrait which 'proves that talent and determination can transcend all barriers.'
Warming ideas for life in the winter garden, chosen by Amelia Thorpe.
Between lockdowns last year, James Fisher took a Toyota Hilux fishing. He was impressed.
Racehorse trainer Sir Mark Prescott chooses a haunting portrait.
