Country Life March 25, 2026

Here's a look at some of what you'll find inside.

A leading subject

John Martin Robinson recalls a renovation fit for a Queen as Burghley House in Lincolnshire prepared to host the Royal Party

The legacy

Emma Hughes hails George MacDonald Fraser, the man who created the incorrigible Flashman

Whisker business

From unsinkable ships’ cats to the Chief Mousers of Downing Street, James Fisher reveals the top cats of the workplace

Scale model

David Profumo tries to get a grip on the slippery European eel

Lizzie Ball’s favourite painting

The musician chooses a vibrant work bursting with colour, chaos and ‘uncontrollable madness’

They may be giants

John Lewis-Stempel surveys the understorey of Britain’s ancient woodland and finds a world of unrivalled wonder

Country-house treasure

Dorset’s Minterne House is home to battered relics of the Battle of Trafalgar, finds John Goodall

Spats the way to do it

Deborah Nicholls-Lee reveals how spatterdashes emerged as an elegant aristocratic accessory par excellence

Easter parade

How do you eat yours? Country Life guzzles the most glamorous Easter eggs, from a melting mallard to pistachio pleasures

Holding back the years

Roquette’s best egg-laying days may be behind her, but she receives a stay of execution from a merciful John Lewis-Stempel

Luxury

Amie Elizabeth White on daisy chains, cheese and Thyme, plus Jason Fox’s favourite things

Interiors

Amelia Thorpe takes the plunge with designs for the bathroom

Country Life International

Harry Pearson finds French hounds lead the pack, Russell Higham visits music’s Hamburg homeland, Claire Jackson is blown away by Murano glass and Harry Pearson guffaws at an absurd dictionary

In perfect equilibrium

Balance is bringing eye-catching results for Josh Sparkes as his pioneering growing methods pay off at Birch Farm in Devon

Going for gold

Could olive oil emulate wine and be England’s next homegrown success, asks Giulia Crouch

Travel

The gripping history, fresh food and beguiling walks of golden Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire tempt Issy von Simson

Art & antiques

Art dealer Jenna Burlingham tells Carla Passino why she’ll never part with a view of the River Avon and Clifton Suspension Bridge

For whom the bell tolls

A collection of bells from the UK’s last specialist foundry is going under the hammer. Ben Lerwill offers a ringing endorsement

And much more.

Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and all its diverse joys and pleasures — that was first published in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year. Our eclectic mixture of witty and informative content — from the most up-to-date property news and commentary and a coveted glimpse inside some of the UK's best houses and gardens, to gardening, the arts and interior design, written by experts in their field — still cannot be found in print or online, anywhere else.