Love your local

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

Some of the city’s finest restaurants are found inside museums. COUNTRY LIFE writers round up the very best

Is it possible, after years of hunkering down at home with our screens and streams, that British audiences are learning to love cinema again? Ticket sales in 2024 were the highest since 2019, with a g

The village shop that sold pick ‘n’ mix sweets. A cowpat-strewn country lane with occasional glimpses of Glastonbury Tor. Leaping the wooden stile into Butterfly Wood. It’s over 30 years since I last

This year marks the 625th anniversary of The Canterbury Tales author – and “father of English literature” – Geoffrey Chaucer’s death. He penned this classic, about a merry band of medieval pilgrims te

Modish Hillsborough restaurant, much-liked for its friendly vibe and the creative vim of chef Matt Duggan-Jones. Sharing dishes draw on Matt’s South African heritage and cleverly utilise global flavou