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'I went out of my way to make it as 1980s as I could. It's now shades of salmon and apricot': Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on his house in the country
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (730+ words) Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, the undisputed king of the countless interior design television shows that hit screens in the 1990s, has long lived a happy country life in Gloucestershire. He spoke to Julie Harding. In Cirencester. My first, my only and my last…...
Battle, betrayal and Bayeux: It's all about the world's most famous tapestry in the Country Life Quiz of the Day, September 8, 2026
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (135+ 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…...
From Federer and Cary Grant to DiCaprio and Zidane: Here are some watches to save the world
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (19+ words) Country Life...
Where vanity meets art: Before the selfie, there was the mirror
2+ day, 20+ min ago (331+ words) An indicator of wealth, a tool of either flirtation or restraint and ‘one of the most powerful ways to shape a space’, a grand mirror reflects far more than a pretty face. Hidden depths: the grandeur of The Ritz restaurant…...
The rural idyll that was home to one the finest British actors of the 20th century for 60 years
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (625+ words) The late Sir Donald Sinden, star of countless stage productions and films from the 1940s to the 2000s, lived in this bucolic spot in Kent. Sinden became a household name after the stellar start to his career, but raised his domestic profile…...
Frogs, foxes and fire-breathing dragons: Meet the barking, quacking and roaring menagerie of the Bayeux Tapestry
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (172+ words) The many animals within the Bayeux Tapestry are more than just decoration, reveals Deborah Nicholls-Lee. Yet the animals frolicking in the borders offer function as well as form, appearing to comment on the central story. They are like a string…...
An iconic Surrey home created by Sir Edwin Lutyens has defied the property market — and it's not hard to see why
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (485+ words) The summer might have been hot and sunny, but there was a definite gloom in the property market analyses that emanated from Britain's top estate agents over the last few months. 'The summer slowdown deepens' wrote Knight Frank's Liam Bailey…...
Yotam Ottolenghi: ‘I still get stressed about hosting a dinner party"
3+ day, 20+ min ago (756+ words) Lotte Brundle meets the chef and restaurateur. In recent years, ‘Ottolenghi’ has become a byword, used almost exclusively by middle-class dinner party hosts, for ‘I am better than you’. It stands for quality, flavour and, above all, almost unpalatable levels…...
The rise and ruin of an Elizabethan Hall that tried in vain to prepare a war poet for the trenches
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (637+ words) Wilfred Owen was one of a myriad First World War troops who learned the art of trench warfare at Park Hall. Charlotte Anne Fletcher was just 12 years old when she inherited her family's business. Her early years were split between…...
Five wonderful homes, from a thatched wonder to a house with its own bluebell wood, as seen in Country Life
4+ day, 20+ min ago (22+ words) Country Life...