“And from the castle in the water meadow ...

This week’s dream: a little corner of Blighty ...

The writer Daphne du Maurier was fascinated by the English country house. Jeremy Musson explores her evocation of these buildings with the help of specially commissioned drawings by Matthew Rice

An old man lives at the bottom of my garden. His name is Robert Barkus, or Bakehouse, or Bagust. Nobody is quite sure. But I often sense him around when I’m gardening, and I’ve found out a fair bit ab

Artist and designer Luke Edward Hall explains why the Cotswolds is an area that holds a special place in his heart

This week’s dream: wonder and melancholy in eastern Turkey ...