Maidenhead aquatics @ taunton

You may have read about a different Maidenhead Aquatics store in South Wales back in the October issue. Just as I was about to leave the St Mellons shop, Rob suggested that the Cwmbran store would be

I AM LUCKY enough to own most of the aquascaping books by the famous Takashi Amano, the godfather of aquascaping and an inspiration to a generation (perhaps now two) of aquarists. The books are filled

I found it quite disconcerting, drinking a pint with Queen Boudicca and her Iceni warriors lurking behind me. I was in the Odd One Out, a quirky pub in Colchester and was getting used to finding histo

In winter, when the art school here at Benton End closed for the year and the garden fell quiet, Cedric Morris would head to warmer climes to escape the chill of his 16th-century house, but also to pa

The quiet beauty of winter sets the stage in this garden, where topiary shapes and the borrowed landscape are the main performers

We’ve made a list (and checked it twice) of independent brick-and-mortar shops well worth a visit this holiday season