Why can’t we resist puppy dog eyes?
It's no accident that your heart melts when dogs gaze into your eyes — it's simply a fact of thousands of years of evolution and selection, as Martin Fone explains.
It's no accident that your heart melts when dogs gaze into your eyes — it's simply a fact of thousands of years of evolution and selection, as Martin Fone explains.
The white paper on planning promises to license untold damage to the British landscape, argues Simon Jenkins.
Murmurations of starlings — the vast clouds of thousands of birds, flocking and swooping through the sky — are one of nature's great displays. But how do the birds do it? Martin Fone investigates.
Jason Goodwin muses on economics, Stonehenge and social media.
Dogs have never been more popular — as soaring puppy prices (and the worrying number of scams) show. But our love affair with dogs is anything but new — it's older than even our most ancient civilisations, discovers Martin Fone.
We seem to have brought the worst of 2020 into the start of 2021 — so let's make sure we carry on with the good things which the last 12 months brought us.
Jonathan Self celebrates a birthday for a beloved dog.
Snow has always inspired wit and wisdom — and here are some of the best, as picked out by Jonathan Self.
Charlie Mackesy is the author and illustrator of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, the bestselling — and hugely poignant — book that celebrates kindness and understanding. He spoke to Katy Birchall about why there’s no shame in showing weakness and asking for help.
This will be a very different Christmas, says the Reverend Richard Coles, but mankind has been here before. And this time around, we have ingenious ‘virtual’ ways to worship and gather to celebrate Christmas at a safe social distance.
You'll scratch your chin, nod in recognition and quite probably chuckle out loud at the most-read columns from the Country Life website this year.
Martin Fone takes a look at the first Indian restaurant in Britain, discovering what was on its first menu, and finding out how lager became the traditional accompaniment to curry dishes.
For nearly a quarter of a century, J. R. R. Tolkien sent his children elaborate letters and pictures from the North Pole. Ben Lerwill explores the penmanship, kindness and magic that went into Letters From Father Christmas.
Should cars be about fun or function? James Fisher faced this common motoring dilemma when choosing between the Honda Jazz and the Honda Civic Type-R, one that he somehow turned into a literal journey of self-discovery.
After emigrating from Jamaica to Britain with the Windrush Generation, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones made it his mission to move to the countryside and run his own farm. He tells James Fisher about his journey.
Columnist Lucy Baring talks Nativity, nostalgia and second-hand kitchen appliances.
The mysteries of mapping have intrigued Martin Fone since he was a boy — and one of the great curiosities is the existence of the 'trap street'.
Jonathan Self tackles a minor infestation, only to miss the hole in his life left by the furry visitors.
This week's Country Life Christmas special is an annual treat, with our special Advent calendar cover. But how did the Advent calendar phenomenon start? Martin Fone investigates.
Martin Fone examines the (sadly rare) phenomenon of the parishes who erect memorials not to the fallen, but to those who survived war.