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.

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

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 ...

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

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

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.

The Vision outlines a set of guiding principles to inform the future environmental management of the Duchy’s Dartmoor estate.