Season’s bleatings: christmas on the farm

EVERY time I smell the sweet scent of September air, I am transported back to Alderley Cottage. I am walking up the garden path strewn with grass and twigs towards a faded blue painted door with a bro

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

The garden at Salthrop Manor, Wiltshire The home of Sophie Conran

What sort of house do you live in, and who do you live with? I live on a farm in the heart of the Peak District with my husband, Kelvin, our four children, Marnie, Milo, Maximus and Mateusz, and our d

A short while after we married, Tom and I made the decision to leave behind our hectic London lives and relocate to the tranquillity of rural living. We wanted a slower pace of life where the countrys

Clive Banwell on starting afresh at 65, preparing winners from the field and overcoming adversity