At Country Life Magazine we bring readers an incredibly diverse range of material.
One week we’re writing about caviar from Exmoor or the rise and fall of the smoking room in the country house in the 19th century; a few days later we’re reviewing a Botticelli exhibition or advising on box blight.
We celebrate the seasons every year- who doesn’t love the first whiff of spring in the air after a long, hard winter? But as the wildflowers and the dawn chorus appear as heralds of summer we are instantly converted. Likewise, as the days get shorter and the smell of woodsmoke fills the air, don’t we all become seduced by the beauty of autum, and its natural bounty, from sloes to mushrooms. We also have a great sloe gin recipe.
Country Life likes to try to cover the best bits of the British countryside from favourite dogs to country houses, country events and rural issues, as well as country sports and pursuits, from three day events like Badminton to the best places to fish. It’s a diverse range of subjects – more diverse than most- but then life in the country has a great deal to offer and we would hate to miss anything. Do let us know if we have..
- Country Life's best, worst and funniest adverts of 1923, from Burberry and thinning baths to the SUV of a century agoFrom telephone-equipped hotel rooms to cars ‘for lady drivers’, the advertisem*nts featured in Country Life in 1923 captured Britain’s evolution as well as the odd quack remedy. Melanie Bryan takes a look.
- Spectacular Scottish castles and estates for saleWe take a look at the finest castles, country houses and estates for sale in Scotland.
- Subscribe now to get Country Life's Christmas Double Issue, and five more issues, for just £6Country Life's festive special issues are nearly here, meaning that there's never been a better time to subscribe.
- A simple guide to the wildflowers of BritainAt long last Spring seems to be here —and with it, the natural flora that give so much pleasure.
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- What you'll find inside Country Life's 2022 Christmas double issueOur annual Christmas special is without doubt one of our great highlights of each year, and here's a look at some of the articles you'll find inside the 2022 Christmas Double Issue of Country Life.
- Balmoral: A Highland paradise, and the much-loved royal family summer escape since 1848Mary Miers takes a look at a much-loved home of the Royal Family, Balmoral.
- 20 rare and wonderful pictures of The Queen and Prince PhilipWith Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh both now having passed away, we take a look back at some wonderful images of their time together —a time which began several years before Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II.
- Birkhall: The home of The Prince of Wales on the Balmoral estate, AberdeenshireAlan Titchmarsh explores the garden of Birkhall, The Prince of Wales's Scottish home on the Balmoral estate.
- The success stories of people who've swapped city for countryEndless snooty newspaper columns were written post-Covid by those who'd moved to the country only to return to the city, shocked at having encountered smells and noise. But countless thousands have made a huge success of it, and brought their own talent and enthusiasm to rural communities. Fergus Butler-Gallie met some of the increasing number of people who have made a huge success of moving to the country.
- What's inside The duch*ess of Cornwall's guest-edited issue of Country Life —and how to get your copyWe're thrilled and delighted that HRH Camilla, duch*ess of Cornwall, has guest edited the 13 July 2022 edition of Country Life magazine.
- 20 facts about the Queen you probably didn't know20 facts about Elizabeth II you probably didn't know.
- Edward Hudson: The tale of the man who founded Country Life, 125 years ago this monthA publisher, innovator and shrewd businessman with strong connections to the Liberal political establishment, Edward Hudson was the visionary founder of Country Life 125 years ago. Clive Aslet revisits his remarkable life.
- 22 things you probably never knew about Country LifeI never knew that about Country Life…
- Camilla, duch*ess of Cornwall, to guest edit Country Life to mark her 75th birthdayHRH The duch*ess of Cornwall is to join a prestigious line-up of royal Guest Editors when she takes charge of the July 13 issue of Country Life to mark her 75th birthday.
- How Country Life’s 125-year journey began, thanks to a visionary founderAs Country Life celebrates its 125th anniversary, Michael Hall tells the remarkable story of how the magazine came into being under the exacting eye of its founding editor, Edward Hudson.
- Digitising Country Life's 125 years of historyA hugely ambitious initiative to digitise the contents of the Country Life photographic archive during the magazine's 125th anniversary year promises to make its riches properly accessible to everyone for the first time. John Goodall explains more.
- The Country Life Editor's Christmas Quiz for 2021: See all the answersGet the answers to our 2021 Christmas Quiz.
- Take the Country Life Editor's Christmas Quiz for 2021Try your luck at the Editor's Christmas Quiz —the answers will be published in a separate piece on Boxing Day.
- Common caterpillars: A simple guideAre you able to tell your woolly bears from your elephant trunks?
