The way we were photographs from the country life archive

One of the most photographed stands at last week’s Chelsea Flower Show was COUNTRY LIFE’s ‘outdoor drawing room’, a tranquil Italianate loggia designed by Isabella Worsley, says Giles Kime

I f you’ve ever been curious about what goes on in the roped-off ‘closed for conservation’ areas you come across in stately homes, then this book is for you. A companion to the BBC television series o

The Tower at Vita’s home, Sissinghurst Castle ...

Modern high streets are dotted with coffee chains, cafes and tea shops of all kinds, but in the late 19th century the tea shop was a groundbreaking innovation. A genteel alternative to bawdy pubs or t

What’s in a Year: A Countryman’s Tale Through ...

Take a good dollop of Victorian innovation, add a fistful of classics, season it liberally with creative genius and you’ll cook up the very British art of literary illustration. Carla Passino charts its history and discovers that it still thrives