One man and his platypus

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

You might know world-famous Castle Howard in North Yorkshire through its starring roles in Brideshead Revisited (1981) or Death Comes to Pemberley (2008) and, more recently, Bridgerton (2020), when it

Home to carriages, coachmen and craftspeople, Buckingham Palace’s Royal Mews is a village in the heart of London. Matthew Dennison takes a look behind the stable doors of this great institution as it marks its 200th birthday

Zoologist, writer, TV presenter – Dr Sasha Norris has had a glittering career in academia and the media since she graduated from the University of Bristol more than 30 years ago. Yet today she’s kneel

Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with

When Claire Turner married her husband Mark last year, there were three surprise guests at their wedding: alpacas Valentine, Bobble and Spring. “We have 36 alpacas all together, so we had to think ver