Raising the flag

Something “sinister” has been happening in English towns ...

A ‘broken’ asylum system and a growing anti-immigration backlash has been the defining hot topic of the summer and an ongoing headache for the government while MPs have been on recess. Immigration and

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

A beautifully dressed bed is just as important as the other decor elements in a bedroom – and these ones are the fairest of them all

Dear Simon, My daughter, Wendy, and I have enjoyed so many visits to Singapore, and this year we felt it was about time we put our thoughts and experiences down on paper. Sir Stamford Raffles was knig

None of us plans to be caught in a gale, but if it happens then both the boat and the crew must cope. Jake Kavanagh speaks to Jester Challenge skippers and asks how they get ready for stormy weather