The way we were photographs from the country life archive

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

The best of the season to inspire and admire

River, meadow and wood converge around an old mill in Hampshire, where changing vistas create a bond between garden and landscape

Two great houses, rich with fascinating history and beautifully apportioned, put the county on the map

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

It is one of the wealthiest counties in England, with no signs of an exodus of money, say agents. Here are three exceptional country houses for sale in a fashionable area