My Favourite Painting: Jemma Powell
The artist and actress Jemma Powell on a Spanish family portrait. Jemma Powell on My Wife and My Children by
The magnificently beautiful house and garden of the writer who
Timothy Mowl looks at Mounton, a house created by Henry Avray Tipping, who served as architectural editor of Country Life
How to leave a dog alone in the house without
With millions of people heading back to the office more regularly, leaving a dog on its own is more common
Turning an old barn into a new income stream: Meet
Transforming a barn into a wedding venue, accommodation — or both — can be a nice little earner, finds Arabella Youens. As
‘One of the most important houses in Canterbury’ is up
Tens of thousands of hours of painstaking work have gone in to the salvation of Errol House, Canterbury — and the
Did mince pies really once contain meat?
Martin Fone investigates the most traditional seasonal food of all, mince pies, and finds that they really did contain meat
World class stays: The best private homes, villas, safari lodges
From multi-generational summer holidays to adults-only celebrations, there’s a holiday rental out there for every trip. Our Travel Editor, Rosie
A tour of Broughton Hall, home of the Tempests for
Broughton Hall is the childhood home of Country Life’s cartoonist Annie Tempest, whose family have lived here for 1,000 years.
The happiest places to live in Britain (and what you
When I was going to St Ives, I met… lots and lots of contented people, apparently, as the Cornish seaside
A breathtaking 14th-century farmstead has come to the market in
Two years of work went in to restoring Spring Farm near Dereham, with the stylish and characterful results a tribute