This bucolic retreat in Kent has seen a vast amount of care and love poured into it over the last 20 years, but retains the charming gardens and riverside setting…
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In Focus: The candelight paintings which are the highlight of the career of Joseph Wright of Derby
The ‘candlelight’ paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby represent the high point of the career of one of our great painters. As one of them now leaves the country, Emma…
Sporting Life: Stoke Park, the golf club with the famous clubhouse, now has an equally famous coach
Stoke Park is without doubt one of Britain's most striking golf clubs. Now they've brought in one of the world's top golf coaches to help bring their golfers on to…
A completely self-sustaining house in one of the most remote, idyllic locations imaginable
No. 2 Doune sits on the Knoydart peninsula, known for it’s close knit community, turbulent history and spectacular countryside.
Recipe: Home-made sausage rolls with red onion, prune and wild ketchup
Rose Lloyd Owen quit her job at a talent agency to become a caterer, and now counts the likes of Vivienne Westwood and Millie Mackintosh among her clients – in the…
How to make blackberry jam: A quick and easy recipe
Reader Sam reveals how to make simple fruit jam in 20 minutes without pectin or a thermometer.
The top 10 market towns in England, from Kent to Cumbria
Country Life presents the top 10 market towns in England, from Kent to Cumbria, where you'll find fine properties, great schools and beautiful surroundings.
Country Life September 12 2018
Country Life September 12 2018 explains how to build a natural swimming pool, takes a look at shrews and enjoys some of Britain's finest gardens.
The latest news in bathrooms: from designer tiles to Japanese saunas
Amelia Thorpe brings us the latest news in designer bathrooms.
An eco-friendly mansion in Kent that looks like something out of the Hollywood Hills
This dramatic, beautiful home is one of the finest modern homes on the Kent coast – or at least it will be, once it's been built.
From Sea to Shoot to Street
It's over 50 years since British Olympian sailor Keith Musto started making clothing that solves the problems faced by him and his fellow sailors.
Jason Goodwin: ‘I think about it when I’m on the stepladder, reaching out dangerously far to tweak a ripe fig’
Jason Goodwin tells our readers why he's now decided to give a fig about the ancient fruit that's been growing in his garden for years.
Noel Fitzpatrick, TV’s new favourite vet, is not afraid to rattle a few cages for the sake of his animals
I approach Fitzpatrick Referrals, the headquarters of Noel Fitzpatrick, or Supervet, as he’s known to his growing following, along a golden greensand track of the classic Surrey Hills variety, dusty…
A glorious Sussex home where one of Henry VIII’s wives cavorted before marrying the king
Chesworth House's gloriously peaceful appearance belies the shenanigans which took place when a young and lively Catherine Howard lived here before heading off to marry King Henry VIII.
My favourite painting: Roxanna Panufnik
Roxanna Panufnik says: ‘My godfather Andre Dzierzynski gave me this painting when I was six months old. ‘The two lonely trees are in memory of his godfather and the Catholic…
Four fine properties from just £350,000, as seen in Country Life
This week's round-up include three properties under £500,000 – though at one of them you'll need to build – and a superb Kent mansion.
How to enjoy home-grown berries for seven months of the year
Mark Diacono offers us some berry good advice for enjoying our breakfast favourites, whatever the season.
The Italian Greyhound: Tiny, beloved of royalty and anything but fast (until they put their minds to it)
Italian Greyhounds are a conundrum: for all their speed potential they're usually infuriatingly slow, miniature-sized – and they're not even Italian. No wonder they've entranced people since the heyday of…
The putcher fisherman: Flying the flag for a dying way of life
Chris Cadogan, as the only remaining fisherman to practice this medieval method on the Severn, laments the decline of the industry he has dedicated his life to preserving. Tessa Waugh…
Four period country houses which are actually brand new
Make a fresh start with these star new builds and developments in the English countryside