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When is a cottage not a cottage? When it's a spectacular, glass-walled lakehouse making waves in 'Heated Rivalry"
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (392+ words) The TV show 'Heated Rivalry' has become such a huge hit among Gen Z viewers that the phrase 'coming to the cottage' has found a whole new definition. But does that spell trouble for those who still think of a…...
A dangerously delicious Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 5, 2026
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (155+ words) Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and…...
What could be better than National Golden Retriever Day? Only the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 3, 2026
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (151+ words) Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and…...
'They've nourished us, sheltered us, protected us... we owe trees far more than they owe us': Aidan Meighan on the folklore of trees
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (240+ words) Aidan Meighan, author of The Folklore of Trees, joins the Country Life Podcast. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful We're delighted, then, that with his new book The Folklore of Trees about to appear, Aidan came to…...
Sweat, struggle, survival: Capturing the endeavour of industry on canvas
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (248+ words) From George Stubbs's golden vision of the labourer's place in society to Ford Madox Brown's heroically monumental celebration of manual labour, artists have long been fascinated by the role of work. That all-too-familiar nine-to-five feeling goes back to the beginning…...
A good call: The red telephone box rings in 100 years
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (186+ words) One hundred years ago, the first all-red telephone box, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was installed in London. Deborah Nicholls-Lee lifts the receiver on a very British icon. The old post office with an early style telephone box in…...
Is £1.5 billion enough to save our culture?
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (175+ words) An announcement of capital spending to 'restore national pride' is welcome, but requires further scrutiny. As Athena went to press at the end of January, the Government announced a package of "1.5 billion capital spending "to restore national pride. The Culture…...
Everyone gets a prize: Test your Awards Season knowledge with the Country Life Quiz of the Day, February 2, 2026
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (145+ words) Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and…...
'The Taylor Swift effect? We've never experienced anything like it': Jeweller Cece Fein-Hughes' consuming passions
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (900+ words) Cece Jewellery's signature signet rings are beloved by the famous and fabulous " including Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi and Taylor Swift. Lotte Brundle meets the woman behind the jewellery. The ring design for Robbie and Elordi. Cece with her parents. "I…...
'It was like going on a blind date... over a few glasses of wine our friendship was sealed and by three in the morning we had a plan': The creation of a spectacular Moroccan garden
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (444+ words) Marrakech has a long horticultural history, beginning in the 11th and 12th centuries with the channelling of snowmelt waters from the Atlas mountains to reservoirs and fountains, designed to water the city's vast orchards and olive groves, as well as its mosques,…...