The way we were photographs from the country life archive

The village shop that sold pick ‘n’ mix sweets. A cowpat-strewn country lane with occasional glimpses of Glastonbury Tor. Leaping the wooden stile into Butterfly Wood. It’s over 30 years since I last

The garden at Salthrop Manor, Wiltshire The home of Sophie Conran

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

The fairy photographs taken by cousins Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths in Cottingley, near Bradford, in 1917 and promoted by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – a firm believer in fairies – are among the most

*We reserve the right to edit correspondence I was interested to read in your August issue that both John Craven’s article and the Q&A section – ‘How do I stay safe when wild swimming?’ – talked about

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