New-build is exempt from VAT, but the construction industry accounts for nearly 40% of global emissions of carbon dioxide.

Lotte Brundle chats to the French Maître d'hôtel, best known for bringing his charming hospitality to Channel 4’s First Dates ...

Country Life's 2025 Christmas double issue hits shelves today, so to mark the occasion our quiz looks at doubles of all kinds ...

Present for your children, godchildren, nephews and nieces, from luxurious bed canopies to Liberty print stuffed toys.

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

'A quick note on The King’s speech. This takes place at 3pm and is roughly as divisive as church' ...

As starlings, woodcock and all manner of birds on the wing make their way south, Britain becomes something of a bird-watching ...

There's owning a McLaren and then there's owning an MSO McLaren. James Fisher finds out what makes the bespoke division of ...

My favourite amenity are the ‘cultural walks’, led by Mo, a local historian. Tours take in the local neighbourhood of ...

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

The celebrated Castle Howard Mausoleum is a dynastic monument to the Howard family, but it needs further restoration if it is ...

Country Life's features editor Paula Minchin is a force of nature. Every week she steers her team of editors and writers through the creation of dozens of pages of magazine features, with hardly a ...