Culture in the country

For those who prefer not to follow the crowd, we reveal some of the best, but relatively undiscovered places to enjoy in the country’s chicest region

Eleven friends of COUNTRY LIFE pen a love letter to their small, yet oh so distinctive patches of the British Isles, from the big skies of the north Norfolk coast to the street art of Belfast, from the glens of Perthshire to the Exe estuary in Devon via the apple orchards of Herefordshire

26 July to 2 November 2025 To celebrate and commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen (1775-1817), one of the greatest writers in the English language, Hampshire Cultural Trust wil

BACK in 1606, Lord North was unwell. His “lingering consumptive disorder” baffled his doctors. A stay in a remote hunting lodge cadged from a friend hadn’t helped, but on a country ride he came across

The garden at The Holt, Hampshire The home of Mr and Mrs Edward Wake

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