Austenland – is there such a place? If so, it’s to be found in drawing rooms and parlours, not in sweeping vistas. So it’s appropriate that the Hampshire village of Chawton, Jane Austen’s home for the

I’m a bit of a wellness junkie. I meditate, do yoga classes, take cold plunges and I’m also into forest bathing. Having these rituals has helped me navigate ups and downs in my life. But on the weeken

Who do you live with and where? I live in North London with my partner, Måns, who is a filmmaker, and our three-year-old daughter. Whenever we have the time, we escape to a little cabin on the west co

An old man lives at the bottom of my garden. His name is Robert Barkus, or Bakehouse, or Bagust. Nobody is quite sure. But I often sense him around when I’m gardening, and I’ve found out a fair bit ab

The writer Daphne du Maurier was fascinated by the English country house. Jeremy Musson explores her evocation of these buildings with the help of specially commissioned drawings by Matthew Rice

To mark half a century since Agatha Christie’s death, we welcome you inside the literary doyenne’s rural retreat – her sanctuary from the harsh world of press and public