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Juliet is an RHS Gold award-winning garden designer and regular contributor on radio and television. Bob is the author of dozens of gardening books, as well as a radio presenter and organic gardener.

There’s a quiet yet palpable energy as you wander around Margate on the Kent coast. It’s a feeling perhaps not dissimilar to what it must have felt like in the 1730s when this little-known Tudor fishi

Whether undertaking a full renovation or a simple refresh, it can be easy to overlook small considerations in favour of the overarching picture, but fixed finishing touches – otherwise known as hardwa

This BBQ side classic is made even tastier with the addition of seasonal asparagus, peas and peppery watercress or rocket. A scattering of lighter Greek salad cheese finishes your dish off with salty

When summer beckons, it is answered by a chorus of glorious roses that fill an enchanting Isle of Wight garden, created from scratch by Derek and Louise Ness

Beer comes in a bewilderment of varieties, produced on a giant scale or in tiny microbreweries. Such dominance isn’t bad for a drink supped for more than 10,000 years, writes Clare Hunt