Taking account of the past

Some of the city’s finest restaurants are found inside museums. COUNTRY LIFE writers round up the very best

Traditional charm combined with modern practicality has transformed a centuries-old house overlooking the village cricket pitch into an incredible family home

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

Home to a marquess and an RAF air crew – and believed to be the birthplace of a Queen – this red-brick Jacobean mansion contains stories spanning centuries

“ I met Charles Dickens today, except he had clearly been so busy working on The Mystery of Edwin Drood that he had fallen asleep, so I didn’t get to speak to him!” I laughingly proclaimed to Ro when

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