A house in the spookily Gothic Holly Village, a birthday song for His Majesty and good news for fans of keeping warm on remote Scottish islands.

The NGS has begun investing in community garden schemes. The results are more than anyone could have expected and showcase ...

John McCrae's beautiful words written amid the horrifying bloodshed of the First World War linked the poppy and remembrance ...

Along a similar vein is the annual scare story of giant spiders invading our homes over winter. Today, the Independent tells ...

There's no sport that cannot be played out on frozen water, according to the fabled Swiss ski resort of St Moritz. In fact, skiing, ironically, might be the safest thing to do whilst you're there, ...

Plus the quiz of the day, saving Britain's most southerly post office, and the quiz of the day — it's the Dawn Chorus ...

Daniel McAlpine, a private in the Highland Light Infantry, was sheltering in a tunnel under the Somme village of Bouzincourt, France, when he pencilled his name, service number, unit, home town of ...

One of the Cotswold's most charming country house hotels has snapped up a neighbouring cottage and given it a new lease of ...

Country Life's cultural commentator Athena takes a closer look at last week's budget and foresees trouble ahead.

There have arguably been few men placed under greater stress than Sir Winston Churchill, yet he consistently broadcast ...

The garden at Hergest Croft, Herefordshire — home of Edward Banks — is an extraordinary collection of trees and shrubs, many ...

Labour has turned it's back on the farming community with its latest plans on Agricultural Property Relief. Labour has, in a ...