1,000 issues and counting: Mark Hedges on two decades editing Country Life magazine
It's 2006. Tony Blair is the Prime Minister, George W. Bush the US President, the existence of global warming is still up for debate, and a couple of new websites come out of early test versions to op...
12 Jan 28min
Secrets from the world of whisky, from the 60-year-old bottle that sold for £650,000 to the tipple you get at the supermarket
In the last 20 years, the world of whisky has exploded, being transformed beyond recognition.What was once a croft industry in the Scottish Highlands and Islands has spread around the world. The Scots...
22 Des 202538min
Where should you go in 2026? Anywhere that you can just kick back and relax
An off-grid lodge in the Canadian Wilderness? The colourful charm of Germany? A weekend jaunt to New York? Or perhaps a palazzo in Florence?Rosie Paterson, who is both Country Life's Travel Editor an...
15 Des 202530min
The King, The Queen, David Beckham and me: Paula Minchin on Country Life's best guest edits
Country Life's features editor Paula Minchin is a force of nature. Every week she steers her team of editors and writers through the creation of dozens of pages of magazine features, with hardly a gli...
8 Des 202532min
Jane Austen's greatest scoundrel: Being Mr Wickham, with Adrian Lukis
In the heady days of mid-1990s Britain, the actor Adrian Lukis went to a screen test for a glossy new drama: an adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice. To an actor, auditions co...
25 Nov 202536min
The dogs of Country Life, with Agnes Stamp
What makes Country Life? Country houses, gardens, nature, fine art — and dogs. Right from the first issue of the print magazine in 1897, Man's Best Friend has been right at the heart of Country Life —...
19 Nov 202525min
The Falconer's Tale: Tommy Durcan on how an ancient art lives on in the 21st century
The ancient and noble art of falconry has been practised for thousands of years, but it's rarely been more easily accessible to the curious.Today, there are places across Britain, Ireland and the rest...
10 Nov 202529min
Amelia Thomas: The woman who learned to talk to animals
A few years ago, Amelia Thomas and her husband packed up their fast-paced lives and moved to a remote farm in Nova Scotia.Faced with a desolate landscape, appalling weather and a husband who — like mo...
3 Nov 202533min
