Downtools

Reviews of four tomes ideal for your coffee table – and for perusing during holiday downtime

The English House: A History in Eight Buildings ...

It was while filming an episode of Lewis in an Oxford college garden that Tom Simpson fell in love – and within moments decided to abandon his peripatetic life in film and retrain as a garden designer

Romantic planting with a sleek modern style creates a striking mix in this Hertfordshire garden

Few potteries operating today capture the mood of comfortable English life as well as Emma Bridgewater. Founded in 1984 when Emma couldn’t find a suitable present for her mother and decided to make on

One of the many highlights for visitors to Cliveden in Buckinghamshire has always been the 80 acres of gardens, which encompass a geometric parterre, a maze, a water garden and the famous Long Garden