Country Life’s Top 100: The magic of timelessness
Giles Kime’s executive editor and interiors guru — and the man in charge of putting together our annual Country Life Top
A Grade II*-listed hall house in North Yorkshire with Capability
Built for the daughter of a king, Rudby Hall in Skutterskelefe might be one of the most significant country houses
Joe Gibbs: Even the patron saint of salmon can’t save
After a disastrous 2023 fishing season, Joe Gibbs is hoping for better. Anglers will have noticed that St Mungo, patron
Podcast: Britain’s best architects, interior designers, craftspeople and garden designers
Giles Kime joins James Fisher on the Country Life Podcast to explain how he and the team come up with
A glorious Cotswold kitchen lifted to new heights with pitch-perfect
A clever combination of colours has brought life to this inviting Cotswold kitchen designed by Sims Hilditch. Amelia Thorpe takes
Six superb country houses in some of England’s most beautiful
Homes in the Cotswolds, the West Country and Sussex are among the beautiful options as we look at some of
When it comes to designing and making a garden, it’s
What might be difficult for you will come naturally to those with years of horticultural experience — Don’t be afraid
The three dog breeds that make the ultimate family pet,
In decades of working with dogs, Ben Randall has seen every possible breed of dog — these are the three he’d
The exotic and irresistible beauty of Leighton House
An ambitious redevelopment project at Leighton House in West London, former home of the artist Frederic, Lord Leighton, has augmented
A historic mill conversion in Warwickshire that wouldn’t look out
The Mill, in Rowington, is a four-bedroom home that takes our industrial heritage and turns it into something astonishingly modern.