Housing development is conditioned by concerns that have nothing to do with creating attractive or sustainable places to live. Clive Aslet gives his take on the situation, and suggests what we might be able to do about it.
Jamie Blackett's tour of British farms reaches Holkham, wellspring of the agricultural revolution.
an important stewardship role to play, which rewilding doesn't recognise or appreciate, but reNaturing does.
Comforting yet complex, intriguing and alluring, the village setting is territory to which writers — and readers — will return again and again. Flora Watkins looks at how the customs, characters and communities of the English village have long sparked literary inspiration, from Jane Austen to Midsomer Murders.
Kate Mavor, the chief executive of English Heritage, speaks to Country Life's John Goodall about on charity status, education and taking a broader view.
Eighty-three years after it was founded, the RNLI made its largest rescue off the coast of the Lizard, in Cornwall.
Martin Fone traces the history of the Olympics and examines the contribution of Shropshire doctor William Penny Brookes.
With foreign travel still uncertain, millions of us are set to holiday in Britain this year — and that is something to celebrate, says Annunciata Elwes.
Arabella Youens investigates the old adage that 'blue and green should never be seen' — and finds that it's simply not true.
Beatrix Potter's most famous creation, Peter Rabbit, remains as popular as ever, despite his genesis being well over a century ago. Jack Watkins investigates the enduring appeal of one of the naughtiest rabbits in children's literature.
Making bread by hand is rewarding, but inconsistent — unlike the stuff you'll get from a decent automatic bread maker. Martin Fone ponders how such a machine, with its artificial kneading, came into existence.
Jason Goodwin revels in unexpected revelations from friends and strangers.
The new Historic Houses president talks to Teresa Levonian-Cole about leaky roofs, lobbying Government and VAT.
Widely thought to be a form of witchcraft, water divining relies on a pair of rods and ‘the uncanny reaction of the human nervous system’ to factors unknown. Yet it is still employed by water companies today, discovers Catriona Gray.
Over 20 million people have been tuning in to watch England's stirring exploits at Euro 2020, and the huge numbers look only set to get bigger as the summer goes on. It's a far cry from the first ever televised sporting event, almost a century earlier, as Martin Fone explains.
For some, The Grand Tour of the 18th and 19th centuries was a one-off trip. For others it became a lifestyle. Carla Passino takes a look at some of the most famous Britons to split their lives between the UK and the Continent.
Country Life's columnist Agromenes thinks we can have it all — prosperity and a thriving environment — if we do it right.
Jason Goodwin ponders the swallow's journey and Gilbert White's observations.
You'd think it would be simple. It's anything but, as Martin Fone discovers.
Martin Fone wonders whether everyone's favourite pet fish has greater cognitive abilities than we give it credit for.
