Victoria Marston

We’ll all end up on our deathbeds eventually, but it would be nice to make it there with no regrets.

Mince pies maketh Christmas, but where will you find the very best? To save you the trouble, we’ve tried them all in the great Country Life mince-pie taste off.

It's 2020, and women can propose whenever and wherever they want. But where did this strange tradition come from? Ladies, gather your red petticoats and Poundland rings – Victoria Marston is here to clear things up a bit.

Victoria Marston is your guide to this week's immaculate collection of things that you really, really don't need.

What not to buy this week. (Unless you really like it.)

Victoria Marston outdoes herself this week with a collection of quite spectacularly non-critical things which, somehow, you'll still want to buy.

The famed art school on the tip of Cornwall promises to help anyone improving how they paint. We sent Victoria Marston along to put them to the test.

Looking for somewhere to live out your ‘New Year; new me’ mantra? Then follow in the footsteps of Victoria Marston who discovers a perfect break from reality on the Greek island of Kefalonia

<div> <div class=“x_copy-paste-block”>Victoria joined <em>Country Life</em> in 2013, having previously worked at <em>Horse & Hound</em>. After graduating with first-class honours in English Language and Literature from Brighton University, she went on to complete an MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield.</div> </div>

All the answers to Country Life's 2023 Christmas Quiz.

<div> <div class=“x_copy-paste-block”>Victoria joined <em>Country Life</em> in 2013, having previously worked at <em>Horse & Hound</em>. After graduating with first-class honours in English Language and Literature from Brighton University, she went on to complete an MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield.</div> </div>

Thanks to escapees from private collections and zoos, hitchhikers and releases of inconvenient pets, followed by the breeding efforts of these resilient species, the British Isles are now home to all kinds of exotic fauna not at all native to these shores.

Tis the season to roast sweet chestnuts.

The right poster can evoke a film without words, stir nostalgia and entice viewers into cinemas.

It's Christmas day. You've probably run out of things to talk about. Why not do this quiz to pass the time? Answers will be posted at 1:30pm tomorrow.

Do you know your Kerry blue terrier from your Lancashire heeler? A simple lack of publicity is often to blame for some of the UK's native dog breeds flying dangerously low under-the-radar.

This week marked Sir Walter Scott’s birthday — and so it seemed the right moment to celebrate the terrier that owes its fame, and its name, to his pen.

The otterhound — the story behind Britain's rarest breed of dog

The mastiff is England’s gentle giant.

With its curly topknot, ‘rat-tail’ and boundless energy for water, the Irish water spaniel is a breed apart. Quirky, clever and affectionate, it has been winning hearts for centuries — even if it still gets mistaken for a poodle.