The way we were photographs from the country life archive

Letter of the week As old as ...

(Photograph taken around 1955) This photograph brought instant memories of when, as a teenager, I regularly walked with friends, Barry, George, Eric, and others, from Portland Street (near the Royal I

Letter of the week In hindsight… YOUR ...

French artists have appropriated alfresco dining ever since Édouard Manet scandalised Paris with his Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe , yet many charming scenes were painted in Britain, too, and are worth rediscovering, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Calling all photographers! Frame the past and celebrate the present with the return of the National Historic Ships UK Photography Competition – and see your work set sail in a national exhibition

There’s a treat in store for lovers of history, design and fine food at Aynhoe Park in Oxfordshire. The estate was redesigned in the 19th century by Sir John Soane, and today it integrates collections