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. • Subscribe to the Country Life podcast on Apple Podcasts • Subcribe to the Country Life podcast on Spotify • Subscribe to the Country … Read more
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 — with that original edition featuring an article on Princess Alexandra and her Borzois. • Subscribe to the Country … Read more
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 of the world where you can go on a hawk walk — or an an owl prowl — accompanied by an … Read more
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 most Finns — abhorred small-talk, she found herself spending more and more time listening to the animals she cared … Read more
‘For many, especially the staff at the time, I was a surprise choice to edit Country Life,’ writes Mark Hedges in the Country Mouse column in the October 22, 2025 issue of Country Life. ‘A natural scientist, who didn’t know his Ionic from his Doric column, hadn’t been to Cambridge, hadn’t read Jane Austen and, … Read more