“i feel a real connection to what is a dying craft”

As Emma Bridgewater’s eponymous pottery turns 40, the Country Living team travels to Stoke-on-Trent to meet the people behind the brand that shares our birthday

Brenda Willison is part of a centuries-old tradition originating from medieval times

Wendy Evans explains how to capture windmills and watermills

Letter of the week As old as ...

MIDSUMMER

Most people associate bowls with pensioners – but I’m not exaggerating when I say at age 17 it’s changed my life. I’ve tried football, tennis, badminton – and bowls is up there with them as a sport. Y