Most of these will be based on the number of our readers who read each individual article — but this piece is our team's selection of our favourite articles: the ones that made us smile, or laugh out loud, or count our blessings, or sprang a surprise. Enjoy!
How (not) to fix up a country house, by our interiors guru Giles Kime
'Ignore your friends, take a long view and steer clear of anything that smacks of being fashionable'. Sage advice.
A country house that comes with a parking space for a Harrier jump jet
It really did. Honestly.
Alan Titchmarsh: Wordsworth was dead wrong about lonely clouds — but he was on to something with daffodils
'As any resident of Cumberland and Westmorland knows only too well, no cloud in the Lake District is ever lonely.'
Norman Foster on the Country Life podcast: 'The Green Belt is one of our greatest inventions'
A true legend — and a true gentleman.
Room with a cru
How an 'enduring legacy of lockdown' became a must-have in interior design.
Inside Madresfield Court, the house that inspired Evelyn Waugh’s 'Brideshead Revisited'
Amazing.
Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc: The world's most photographed hotel
'The stuff of legend'.
'One of the most amazing things in this country'
The tower of thorns that makes salt. Somehow.
Curious Questions: Was music's famous 'Lady of the Nightingales' nothing more than a hoaxer?
The amazing story of Beatrice Harrison.
Not cheap... but cheaper than a divorce lawyer'
Why it pays to hire a consultant to choose the perfect paint colour.
'Sometimes I like to think I have my finger on the pulse when it comes to design and fashion. I am incorrect'
We sent James Fisher to one of Europe's biggest street parties. Chaos ensued.
'If you get 12 great photographs a year, you're doing well'
Charlie Waite on the secrets of landscape photography
The ship that was in two different centuries, two different years, two different months, two different days and two different seasons, all at the same time
Mind-bending.
I loved it like a best friend, and shed a tear when it was finally consigned to the great junkyard in the sky'
Country Life's team on our first cars.
Lucy Shepherd: Britain's most intrepid young explorer
The adventurer on how she went from rural Suffolk to trekking the Amazon.
What it's really like to live in your own castle
Epic beauty, sweeping grandeur and water pouring through the ceiling.
Curious Questions: We used to fly cars across the English Channel in 20 minutes — why did we stop?
Martin Fone on the long-forgotten cross-channel air service.
Breaking the fourth wall: How Country Life's interiors editor redesigned and restored his own home
Nothing like seeing a design journalist who has put his money where his keyboard is.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: Changing rooms, mixing leather and velvet, and the joy of growing old disgracefully
Our favourite podcast of the year, bar none.
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St Moritz and the slopes of hazard: How a Victorian bet sparked the Swiss resort's love affair with adrenaline-pumping winter sports
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday snow.
Zebras, lobsters, lions and Ronald Reagan's baby elephant: The strangest pets in history
'The sales assistant answered Reagan’s call, listened politely to the request, then without skipping a beat enquired, "And would that be African or Indian, sir?"'
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Merlins: Britain's smallest bird of prey is a 'swerving, zigzagging, 240mph weighted missile' that's gutsy enough to chase off a golden eagleSize doesn’t matter when it comes to the fighting spirit of the tiny merlin, a fierce parent and favoured hunting accessory of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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The greatest moment in the life of Jessie Owens: Country Life Quiz of the Day, June 13, 2025Breathtaking athleticism and Shakespeare's birthday are among the questions in the final quiz of the week.
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The greatest moment in the life of Jessie Owens: Country Life Quiz of the Day, June 13, 2025
Breathtaking athleticism and Shakespeare's birthday are among the questions in the final quiz of the week.
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The deaths of Romeo and Juliet: Country Life Quiz of the Day, June 12, 2025A Rolling Stone and a familiar-sounding place find their way into Wednesday's Quiz of the Day.
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England's answer to New York: Country Life Quiz of the Day, June 11, 2025A Rolling Stone and a familiar-sounding place find their way into Wednesday's Quiz of the Day.
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David Beckham to guest edit Country Life'I am looking forward to celebrating what the countryside means to me and my family,' says David Beckham as he gets ready to edit Country Life's issue of October 22, 2025.
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Tulip-mania, Travolta v Hanks and the worst-named castle in Britain: Country Life Quiz of the Day, June 10, 2025Tuesday's Quiz of the Day tests your spelling, and ponders kings without facial hair.
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Country Life 11 June 2025Country Life 11 June 2025 is our Best of Britain special issue, celebrating the places, people, plants and craftsmen that make this country great.
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Castles, candles and cards: Country Life Quiz of the Day, June 9, 2025Poker hands, pithy quotes and unusual pets feature in Monday's Quiz of the Day.
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Country Life 4 June 2025Country Life 4 June 2025 is a celebration of the best of Hampshire, from Jane Austen's cottage to the winding streets of Winchester.
