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How to make your own coat of arms

How to make your own coat of arms

Invented in the days when knights needed to be able to identify each other on the battlefield, heraldry still plays
How to make a sticky toffee pudding that’s as foolproof as it is mouthwatering

How to make a sticky toffee pudding that’s as foolproof

Melanie Johnson on how to get sticky toffee date pudding right. ‘Wrinkled, fudgy dates add caramel flavours to this week’s
Country Life’s top 10 dog stories of 2022

Country Life’s top 10 dog stories of 2022

From beautiful breeds to superb advice from our training expert, these are our best dog-related stories of the last 12
A delightful thatched cottage full of character and close to the river, within walking distance of Winchester

A delightful thatched cottage full of character and close to

Briar Cottage offers a taste of both worlds: city convenience with cottage charm. Briar Cottage, near Winchester. Dating from the
Country Life’s top columns and features of 2022

Country Life’s top columns and features of 2022

From the characters that inhabit the Highlands to the columnist who got The Queen out of a sticky situation, here
How to build the perfect snowman

How to build the perfect snowman

If we get lucky and the weather delivers a big fall of snow, Katy Birchall has the best recipe for
The gorgeous thatched cottage for sale that belonged to EH Shepard, the illustrator who created Winnie-the-Pooh

The gorgeous thatched cottage for sale that belonged to EH

Dormers is a former home of E.H. Shepard, the cartoonist who worked with A. A. Milne to create the original
The 2022 Country Life Editor’s Christmas Quiz: The Answers

The 2022 Country Life Editor’s Christmas Quiz: The Answers

No peeking! If you’ve arrived at this page by accident before trying the quiz itself, please go back immediately by
The 2022 Country Life Editor’s Christmas Quiz

The 2022 Country Life Editor’s Christmas Quiz

Challenge yourself with our traditional test of knowledge, drawn from all things Country Life, as compiled by Kate Green. We’ll
The Country Life Christmas message, by the Revd Lucy Winkett

The Country Life Christmas message, by the Revd Lucy Winkett

As many of us celebrate a simpler Christmas, the Reverend Lucy Winkett is moved by the generosity of those often
Who wrote the Christmas Carols we know and love? 11 songs and their stories, from Silent Night to Good King Wenceslas

Who wrote the Christmas Carols we know and love? 11

Many of our best-loved and most moving Christmas carols started life as poems in search of a tune. Andrew Green
Country Life's top 10 property stories of 2022

Country Life's top 10 property stories of 2022

From castles and cottages to manor houses and an entire peninsula of a Scottish island, enjoy our pick of the