SELF-SUFFICIENCY famously came to Surbiton during the 1970s. Bob Larbey and John Esmonde’s inspired television series The Good Life perfectly captured the prevailing trend via th ...

IN 1970, there were 125,000 pairs of turtle doves in the UK; now, there are 2,100, which means a shocking decline of 98%. The results of the first ever national turtledove survey, ...

THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL’S much anticipated guest edit of COUNTRY LIFE in honour of her 75th birthday is being recorded in a one-off documentary—Camilla’s Country Life— whic ...

VARYING artists’ illustrations for Frances Hodgson Burnett’s much-loved The Secret Garden (1911) from the past 100 years will be explored in a new exhibition at the Garden Muse ...

Art from afar A rare set of books on the Sistine Chapel has been donated to the Bournemouth University library; the 24in by 17in volumes, valued at £16,000, contain life-size, hig ...

Swallowtails Britain's largest butterfly, found on the Norfolk Broads, is at risk due to ‘milk parsley droop' killing off 90% of the plant it feeds on at one of its 16 breeding s ...

THE chief executive of World Horse Welfare (WHW) calls the findings of a YouGov poll a ‘wakeup call’ for equestrian sports. In a survey of public perception about horse welfare ...

ANEW book that explores the lives of 24 individuals who work with and manage red deer will be launched on July 1 at the Scottish Game Fair, Scone Palace, Perthshire, with proceeds ...

SIXTY names have been added to SAVE Britain’s Heritage Buildings at Risk register, announced today, bringing the total to 1,246. Happily, ‘the overall trend is that the number ...

WHEN out walking my labrador Nimrod around our field at about 9pm one evening last week —as the pale-blue sky took on a blush-pink tinge at the edges—I became aware of the barn ...