Buckingham Palace, Taylor Swift, and how to get your house featured in Country Life, with John Goodall
Buckingham Palace’s East Wing has opened up to visitors for the first time in 2024. St James’s Palace did so at the tail end of 2023. Even Balmoral — a royal residence privately owned by the Windsors,...
15 Juli 202435min
The accidental invention of the teenager and other stories from the history of the home, with Sonia Solicari
Look around you. You might be reading this in your home. Or perhaps someone else’s home. The point is we spend a lot of time in our homes, more so now than ever before (apart from that year we don’t t...
8 Juli 202431min
Charlie Waite: Britain's greatest landscape photographer on the secrets of his art
The landscape photographer Charlie Waite is a true national treasure. A fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, he has published dozens of photography books and founded the Landscape Photographer of...
1 Juli 202432min
The worst new buildings in Britain, with Charlie Baker
The Carbuncle Cup — the award given to the worst new building in Britain — has returned after a six-year hiatus. Competition judge and magazine editor Charlie Baker spoke to James Fisher about why poi...
24 Juni 202430min
What you need to know before you move house, by property expert Annabel Dixon
From the rollercoaster of mortgage rates to the calling of a surprise election, the economic landscape of Britain never seems to sit still these days.Thankfully, award-winning property journalist Anna...
17 Juni 202427min
Why you've been doing holidays wrong for years
We lead busy lives these days — which might be all well and good for getting things done, but is the last thing you want on holiday.That's the central idea behind a new book by the travel writer Liz S...
10 Juni 202427min
Why does Wales exist, and 46 more questions about the borders of the world, with Jonn Elledge
Some time between the formation of the earth, and now, some human beings decided to draw some lines on the sand somewhere to define ‘our bit’ of the earth and ‘their bit’ of the earth. We now refer to...
3 Juni 202433min
The 12 most iconic paintings in the National Gallery
On May 10, 1824, Britain's National Gallery opened its doors for the first time. This year, to celebrate its bicentenary, the gallery is hosting a whole string of events and celebrations to market the...
27 Maj 202430min
