The head gardener of Waterperry Gardens reflects on a life rooted there, and the lasting influence of its founder, Beatrix Havergal My connection with Waterperry began early: I was born in Waterperry!

Leader of the pack: racehorse trainer Florence Nagle ...

The acquisition of houses by the National Trust from the 1930s had less to do with the impoverishment of aristocratic families than the industrial wealth of bachelor donors, as Michael Hall reveals

Dame Mary Berry, baker, cook and keen gardener, is as happy among the plants in her plot as she is among the pots and pans in her kitchen

Quiz of the week 1) Which Shakespeare play ...

In her regular column on village life, Paula reveals that country life is incomplete without a dog, and why Lady Dashwood (a small yet mighty dachshund) rules the roost at Sutton HQ