“it was an experience made fabulous by the tutors”

HE’S become a household name thanks to the resounding popularity of the television programme he appears in – meet “Will from ‘The Repair Shop’”. However, Will Kirk, who specialises in woodwork on the

Owning a vintage furniture business meant that Claire and Jamie McFadyen had plenty of inspiration – and furniture – for their Victorian conversion

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Selina Gardner’s love of antiques began early, with childhood memories of rummaging in dusty second-hand shops, setting up a stall selling porcelain figures and old books outside her home at six years

AILEEN AND STEPHEN’S HOME IS A DESIGN MASTERCLASS IN TRANSFORMING A NEW BUILD INTO A SPACIOUS HOME THAT’S PACKED WITH CLEVER IDEAS

From a milliner inspired by topiary to a model-turned-ecological gardener and a couple who swapped jobs in telecommunications for growing vegetables, Sir David Beckham’s rural heroes tell Julie Harding why craft and the countryside are key