Inside medieval homes

Glamis Castle, Angus, part 2 The seat of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

How Old Norse mythology endured in the Christian era

If you’re planning to ‘hit the sack’ after a night on the town, you aren’t, of course, a medieval peasant who was also looking for a good night’s sleep on a bag stuffed with straw or hay. Many early m

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

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

RENOVATING AND EXTENDING A COMPACT FLINT COTTAGE MEANT A BIGGER HOME FOR PAUL AND LUCI STADEN, WITH THE ADDED JOY OF THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH DOWNS ON THEIR DOORSTEP