Six-year surname study digs up fresh insult for 'crooked nose' Cameron
George Young looks into a six-year study into the source of British surnames - and has rather disappointing news for David Cameron, but a better revelation for Mo Farah.
George Young looks into a six-year study into the source of British surnames - and has rather disappointing news for David Cameron, but a better revelation for Mo Farah.
Read three of the beautiful, evocative articles which made Country Life's John Lewis-Stempel the Columnist of the Year.
Country Life picks out 24 of the most beautiful charity Christmas cards to send this year.
Pick out the true words of wisdom from the made-up ones in the Country Life famous last words quiz.
The redoubtable actress Patricia Routledge talks to Country Life about being a presenter, unacceptable mannerisms and turning down Alan Bennett.
Clive Aslet enjoys this moving account of how First World War soldiers found hope through their connection with Nature.
This vivid study of life at girls’ boarding schools between 1939 and 1979 is both hilarious and poignant, finds Maggie Fergusson.
David Bowie's personal art collection to feature in three sales at Sotheby's.
Digital downloads may have consigned many vinyl records to the dustbin, but LPs are climbing back up the charts.
A new biography on the artist-illustrator Edward Ardizzone and a retrospective exhibition dedicated to his work provide Peyton Skipwith with a feast of delights.
The drop-down font menu has made typographers of us all. Here are 8 fonts that changed the world we live in.
Dark and depressing is the tone this year—we assess the likely winner from a mix of famous and unknown authors.
A new biography of Steven Runciman delves beyond the gossip to shed new light on a fascinating and complex personality, says Barnaby Rogerson.
The River Thames throws up treasure and trinkets with delightful regularity, each telling a little bit more about the history of London.
Giles Waterfield is intrigued by a new study of London’s buried history, inspired by the excavations carried out for the Crossrail link.
A fascinating new biography shows Beatrix Potter to have been a pioneer of much else besides publishing best-selling books about bunnies, says Caroline Jackson.
Michael Hall applauds an exemplary new biography of the man who introduced the British to art history.
Emily Rhodes enjoys a revealing portrait of a writer whose tempestuous love life was as thrilling as her depictions of romance.
This new book casts a spotlight on the women who led English Society at the beginning of the last century, says Martin Williams.
Waterford Crystal has announced its continued partnership with London theatre The Old Vic. Katy Birchall stops by for a cocktail before the show.