30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

Patrick Brompton, Bedale, North Yorkshire. A renovated, Grade II-listed Queen Anne house dating from 1703 with outbuildings and a 200-year-old stable block with four apartments. It has a kitchen with

Buying an equestrian property with business potential can generate a useful income, especially if you think outside the box, as Catherine Welton discovers

Alan Bird and Geraint Lewis have turned a medieval pub into a warm and welcoming home where natural materials, bespoke craftsmanship and pared-back elegance blend perfectly

Bringing you some of the gardening news highlights

there’s something about seeing a bat that makes you shout “bat!” It’s the only way to greet one – on summer nights around the campfire, waiting for the first to start flitting around the treetops, or