With its curly topknot, ‘rat-tail’ and boundless energy for water, the Irish water spaniel is a breed apart. Quirky, clever and affectionate, it has been winning hearts for centuries — even if it ...

Capel House in Badminton, Gloucestershire — the home of Gerald Harford and Jane MacEwen — is a fine 18th-century estate ...

Mary Keen visits the organically run Chippy Flower Farm in Oxfordshire, set up five years ago and already a great success ...

In Cornwall, on the south Devon coast, the village of Bigbury on Sea is separated from Burgh Island by a wide sea path.

Patrick Galbraith rates ten of the UK's most interesting native animals on their elusiveness, speed and deliciousness, and reveals everything else you need to know about them.

The French ardour for cinema is no secret. Heck, they — specifically the Lumière brothers — invented the artform. And they ...

Dressing everyone from Dame Helen Mirren to Hugh Grant, Madonna to Meryl Streep, the company has brought colour and historical authenticity to films, from Sense and Sensibility to The King’s Speech, ...

The shoe might feel inconsequential as an item of fashion, but as Marie Antoinette, Andy Warhol, Margot Robbie and Manolo ...

The Country Life quiz runs daily every afternoon, with new editions published at 4pm.

The Country Life Image Archive holds hundreds of thousands of images of the most important architectural gems the United ...

Michael Prodger looks at Nick Trend's art-themed Italian travelogue, while John Goodall enjoys the biography of one of his ...

From the racetrack to the boardroom to the private garage, women are taking the inside line into automotive spaces that were ...