Enjoy a fine future

Retirement communities, as featured in Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club , are growing in popularity. But what’s it really like to live in one? Prima ’s Elaine Griffiths decided to find out for herself…

AS BEST-IN-CLASS RENOVATIONS STEAL A MARCH ON UNMODERNISED HOMES IN THE CURRENT MARKET, ARABELLA YOUENS LOOKS AT SOME INSPIRING EXAMPLES OF HOW INTERIOR DESIGNERS HAVE TRANSFORMED PROPERTIES IN THE CAPITAL

BACK in 1606, Lord North was unwell. His “lingering consumptive disorder” baffled his doctors. A stay in a remote hunting lodge cadged from a friend hadn’t helped, but on a country ride he came across

Whatever your passion–be it gardening, fishing, sailing, shooting or equestrian sport– you can live the countryside dream in one of these idyllic Hampshire houses

Ali Paice, co-founder of Bert’s Kitchen Garden

THE INTERIOR DESIGN TRENDS IN LONDON THAT REFLECT OUR NEED FOR COSY RETREATS AND A RECONNECTION WITH NATURE, WRITES ALEXANDRA GOSS