Life within the walls

Discover how the UK’s country houses defied the odds to survive as historic monuments and cultural centres

Glamis Castle, Angus, part 2 The seat of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Home to carriages, coachmen and craftspeople, Buckingham Palace’s Royal Mews is a village in the heart of London. Matthew Dennison takes a look behind the stable doors of this great institution as it marks its 200th birthday

The interior designer Katharine Pooley has taken her father’s mantle as caretaker of their lovingly restored 16 th-century Scottish retreat, Forter Castle

Glamis Castle, Angus, part 1 The seat of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Danny Bird How did you go about uncovering women’s central – and obscured – role in economic history? Victoria Bateman I’ve taught economic history for 20 years, and I wanted to bring together the man