Wise, world-weary and occasionally cynical, proverbs mirror the human experience and remain remarkably insightful today, ...

Don't get too focused on the colour of an egg. If you provide your hens with a happy habitat, everything else will take care of itself.

Melanie Bryan, delves into the hidden depths of Country Life's extraordinary archive to bring you a long-forgotten story, photograph or advert.

The latter, of course, is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa and a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

I am looking forward to celebrating what the countryside means to me and my family,' says David Beckham as he gets ready to ...

Size doesn’t matter when it comes to the fighting spirit of the tiny merlin, a fierce parent and favoured hunting accessory ...

E. A. Bowles created a horticultural playground in the gardens of Myddleton House that was years ahead of its time, and continues to influence even today. Isabel Bannerman takes a look.

On the wall, the glazed cupboards with brass frames are from the Haberdasher’s collection that takes its cue from a ...

Weather, taxes and no subsidy. It's not a great time to be producing food in Britain. Agromenes sounds the alarm.

Sophia Money-Coutts is the new Debrett's and she's here every Wednesday to set some modern etiquette wrongs, right.

Ritson takes a look at the amazing work that's been done to update Wakehurst, Kew's trailblazing outpost in Sussex.

Kings, cobbles, secrets, superstition and literary fire power–Winchester has had it all in spades for centuries and is as desirable now as it ever was, says Jason Goodwin.