CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW: We take a look at what you can expect to find if you head down to the greatest (flower) show on earth.
LUPINS: Dedicated enthusiasts ensure lupins still bloom in a West Sussex field. Here is there story.
THE FEMALE PILOTS WHO RULED THE SKIES: Intrepid and skilled, female pilots conquered the skies in the 1930s.
NIGHTINGALES: We meet the people fighting to save the endangered songbird from extinction.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: The director of music at St Paul’s picks a loving and holy triptych.
MASTERPIECE: Landseer’s lions in Trafalgar Square.
PEONIES: Glamorous, yet easy to grow - Val Bourne explains more.
GARDENS: Tiffany Daneff vists the walled garden of Culham Court in Berkshire.
RECIPE: Melanie Johnson on broad beans.
WATER BOATMEN: Ian Morton takes a look at the uncanny insects which walk on water.
ARCHITECTURE: John Goodall looks at English houses in the 17th century, an age of revolution and restoration.
AND MUCH MORE BESIDES: Interiors, luxury, books, art, and Nick Foulkes on the changing shape of the humble wristwatch.
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A home for sale in one of the most celebrated artists' enclaves in London, where David Hockney sketched and Isabella Duncan dancedThis apartment in Pembroke Studios doesn't prompt the lament 'if these walls could talk' so much as 'if these walls could dance, sing and paint.'
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Wrap up warm for the Country Life Quiz of the Day, October 7 2025Test your general knowledge with today's quiz.
