Editorial

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

BOHEMIANS A BLOOMSBURY INGÉNUE The lives ...

Dear Simon, My daughter, Wendy, and I have enjoyed so many visits to Singapore, and this year we felt it was about time we put our thoughts and experiences down on paper. Sir Stamford Raffles was knig

‘I ought to warn you, that if you haven’t read any of my stories, that you may be disturbed by some of the things which happen in them.” With this note of caution, author Roald Dahl began his brief in

In the spookiest month of the year, let fairy tales, fantasy and folklore be your guide…

Weather deities, magical portals, earth-moving giants and haunted valleys – Britain’s mountains are humming with myth, magic and mystery. Hanna Lindon explores upland legends from around the country