Simon Jenkins (Viking, £26.99) There can never be too many introductions to the subject of architecture, the art form that none of us can escape. A readable and concise perspective.

They are ferocious predators (you could have guessed that bit) and in the past have been removed and killed for the good of ...

The hugely popular BBC show Traitors and a hungry (and very brave) otter make our Dawn Chorus round-up today.

A church built for Britain’s first known Christian martyr developed into The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans, ...

The With Nothing Underneath founder on the problems with wellness and curing her scepticism at a Spanish medical retreat.

To demonstrate that the technology was fit for purpose and to select between the various competing options, on April 25, 1829 ...

The must have London property for sale with a fascinating past life, what happened 350, 200 and 60 years ago and the decorative take on Cleopatra’s Needle.

Noël Coward’s Suite In Three Keys at the Orange Tree Richmond gave me more pleasure than any other theatre this year. This ...

Animals, predator or prey, understand the need for silence. The owl flies on noiseless wings (courtesy of special comb-like ...

In her last column for Country Life, our longest serving columnist reflects on what it means to write about herself and the world each week, and why she's decided to stop.

As if it wasn’t enough for an all-singing, all-dancing, multifunctioning kitchen to double as a dining room, television room and office, some can now be found masquerading as an occasional cocktail ...

Big houses and grand spaces leave lots of potential for some strange games. Melanie Cable-Alexander investigates.