Photographs by Paul Highnam and John Goodall for Country Life. The 12 architecture books you should read in 2025, by our architectural editor John Goodall John Goodall assembles a shortlist of his ...

John Goodall assembles a shortlist of his favourite architecture ... Written by the director general of Historic Houses, this book describes the changing fortunes of the country house since the dark ...

John Goodall tells the tale of the saint and the building he inspired; photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life. The Cathedral of St Albans in Hertfordshire has a claim to be the most ancient of ...

John Goodall reveals how it came into being; photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life. Chillingham Castle: 'Curiosity and beauty' at a spectacular castle that survived ruin by the skin of its ...

The house, so well known to The Duchess in her childhood, was specially chosen by her for coverage in her guest-edited issue of Country Life. It is revealed in a new light by fresh documentary ...

Since the 18th century, they have also been designed to reflect the solemnity and splendour of the occasion, as John Goodall discovers. West Horsley Place, Surrey: The real-life country house where ...

Here are nine examples of recently completed new builds to delight and inspire. Britain's most beautiful rooms, captured by Country Life for 120 years John Goodall explains how Country Life’s earliest ...