Culture in the country

Some of the city’s finest restaurants are found inside museums. COUNTRY LIFE writers round up the very best

Described as a ‘living work of art’, Stourhead should be on everyone’s ‘to visit’ list. The iconic garden, created in the 1740s, features a lake, follies, and a Palladian mansion filled with treasures

A literary festival in a beautiful setting, newly listed Norfolk pillboxes and IWM launches cutting-edge resources for historians

Le Doyenné, Île-de-France, France In a nutshell A small working farm and restaurant with a handful of charming bedrooms just 40 minutes south of Paris. What’s the vibe? The expansive dining room is ve

A man in a bow tie is unpacking items from a small trolley. To the table set up on the manicured, now yellowing lawn he adds a white tablecloth and silver cutlery. His equally well-attired picnickers

From pastries to perry, a charming cottage break in the West Midlands is filled with foodie discoveries for Neil Cook and his family