Domestic bliss?

Most of us will never know what it’s like to live in a country pile – the kind with a mile-long carriage drive, acres of parkland dotted with deer, and gilded rooms stuffed with Chippendale furniture

Efforts to prohibit abortion down the ages

Mistress: A History of Women and their Country ...

That threatened thrones

From penance to indulgence, everything you need to know about Christian holy journeys in Middle Ages Europe

Forget the standard double: country-house sleeping arrangements have undergone all sorts of intriguing (and eyebrow-raising) shifts throughout history, observes Melanie Cable-Alexander