Country Life
The voice of the countryside
Country Life, the quintessential English magazine, is undoubtedly one of the biggest and instantly recognisable brands in the UK today. The magazine comments in depth on a wide variety of subjects, such as architecture, property, the arts, gardens and gardening, the countryside, schools and wildlife. This eclectic editorial mix, combined with stunning photography and high-end property advertising ensures that week after week, Country Life is read by people who live the real country house lifestyle. Countrylife.co.uk brings over 100 years of editorial and commercial excellence to the web and is one of the best and most enjoyable places to browse for luxury property for sale online. The site also showcases the best of the editorial from Country Life magazine as well as carrying its own exclusive online content covering rural news, seasonal recipes and countryside events.
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Credit: Pelorus 10 honeymoon destinations for inspiration, adventure and waterfalls that make Niagara look like a dripping tap
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Benington Lordship, Hertfordshire. ©Paul Highnam/Country Life Picture Library Credit: Paul Highnam/Country Life Pictur Benington Lordship: From medieval castle to comfortable home – and back again
The Benington Lordship in Hertfordshire started life as a medieval castle, but has been transformed over the centuries into a comfortable house with ambitious neo-Norman additions and continues to thrive under owners Richard and Susanna Bott.
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Credit: Foyle Fireworks The Utterly Inessential Wedding Shopping List: From beautiful bouquets to romantic getaways
As the excitement of last night begins to fade into memory, we hold dear in our hearts those who are about to embark on months and months of careful planning, menu tasting and reckless spending. Alexandra Fraser presents to you everything you (may or may not) need to get through the wedding planning season and your special day.
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Credit: Martyn - Marchand Petit The unique chance to own of the great houses of Totnes, with stunning views of Dartmoor National Park
Highfield House hides behind its high walls but slopes down to a garden which reveals views of Totnes, Dartmoor and beyond.
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Henry Treffry Dunn's 'Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Theodore Watts-Dunton at Tudor House', at the Watts Gallery show. Credit: National Portrait Gallery London In Focus: How Christina Rossetti's poetry spilled over into the world of art
One of our great Victorian poets had an impact far beyond the words she committed to paper. Jeremy Musson takes a look at a new exhibition looking at Christina Rossetti's influence on the world of art.
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Daybreak on top of the Sugar Loaf. Credit: Alamy Climbing the Sugar Loaf, the irresistibly perfect mountain in a ‘wild and lovely’ setting
The Sugar Loaf in Wales’s Black Mountains is a satisfying little peak to conquer, as Fiona Reynolds explains.
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Credit: Strutt & Parker Charming waterside Victorian country home a stone's throw away from central Oxford
93 Southmoor Road provides the perfect combination of city living and country lifestyle, ideal for those wanting to move out of the city but not let go of the excitement just yet.
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Credit: Simon Hopkinson Recipe: A truffled chicken dish inspired by the longest-serving-three-Michelin-star-restaurant since 1965
Poached with slices of black truffle in a broth flavoured with tarragon and Madeira: there’s no finer way to treat a bird, says Simon Hopkinson.
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Eight of the best floor lamps to bring light into your living spaces
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Credit: Country Life Country Life 13 February 2019
Country Life 13 February 2019 looks at the dos and dont's of weddings, browses log baskets and discovers Simon Hopkinson's favourite chicken recipe.
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Looking across from the Isle of Eriskay to South Uist via the causeway. It was here that Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in 1745, and where the ship that inspired 'Whisky Galore!' sank. Credit: Alamy Cycling the Hebridean Way: 185 miles, 10 islands and some of the most spectacular scenery in the world
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Barelands Farmhouse Credit: Andy Scott / Savills Five idyllic farmhouses for sale, from £575,000 to £4 million
We've picked out five glorious farmhouses for sale across the country, from beautiful West Country properties to spots where you can live the country life yet still be in London for breakfast.
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Credit: Alamy Jason Goodwin: ‘The downside of being ill was feeling ill. Otherwise, it was like a holiday’
Our columnist reports back from his sickbed, where a bout of what his mother used to call 'Heavy Knee' lays him low in the best possible way.
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Credit: Bentley Bentley Continental GT review: 100 years on, Bentley still making the ultimate hybrid of sports car and limousine
Over the past decade and a half the Bentley Continental GT has become the most-successful model in the company's history. As the Crewe-based firm hit their centenary, Toby Keel takes a look at the latest iteration of their flagship model.
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Manor Farmhouse, Herringfleet, Suffolk Credit: Durrants A wisteria-clad Suffolk farmhouse up for sale for the first time in two centuries
This glorious 17th century home is full of charm and period details – no wonder the owners tend to stay for a while...
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Credit: Jackson-Stops Property with potential: Renovation projects for sale
Wanted: brave new owners with patience and imagination.
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Study of Feet and Hands, c.1818-19 (oil on canvas) by Gericault, Theodore (1791-1824); 52x64 cm. Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France My Favourite Painting: Caro Howell
'There’s something tender and protective about the way the severed arm cradles the dismembered foot.'
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Credit: Jackson Stops A superb Sunningdale mansion and a delightful Dorking millhouse, as seen in Country Life
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Ferns in the sunrise over Crantock Bay near Newquay on the North Cornish coast. Credit: Alamy Where to see ferns: Six of the most spectacular places in Britain
Country Life's gardens editor Tiffany Daneff picks out some of the finest ferneries in Britain.
