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'There is nothing like it on this side of Arcadia': Hampshire's Grange Festival is making radical changes ahead of the 2025 country-house opera season -
Good things come in threes: Sir Cecil Beaton's love of flowers, fashion and fabulous friends in a trio of exhibitionsIt’s been 45 years since Sir Cecil Beaton died, but he has inspired not one, not two, but three new exhibitions this year.
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You've got mail: Royal Mail unveils eight folklore-inspired stampsThe Loch Ness monster is among Britain's mythical beings that appear on the stamps.
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Have your say in the Historic Houses Garden of the Year Awards 2025 -
Seeing you seeing me: How British artists portrayed each other in the 20th and 21st centuriesThe 'Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists' exhibitions comprises paintings, prints, drawings, photography, sculpture and installation spanning 125 years.
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An idyllic countryside home that's light, spacious and comes with a Grade II-listed follyHagg House is a gorgeous family home that just happens to have a miniature castle in the gardens. Annabel Dixon explains more.
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'This is the funnest exhibition London has seen in recent memory': Grayson Perry’s new show at the Wallace Collection explores the delusions of a fictitious woman'Delusions of Grandeur' at the Wallace Collection coincides with a selling exhibition of photography.
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The extraordinary Egyptian-style Leeds landmark hoping to become a second British Library — and they used to let sheep graze on the roofThe project has been awarded £10million from the Government, but will cost £70million in total.
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A converted medieval monastery set in 16 acres of Somerset that has a miniature castle as its poolhouseTake a look at the historic and charming Ivythorn Manor.
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Everything you might've missed last week — including the new Aston MartinA lot has happened in the last few few days, from an Aston Martin reveal and new Rolex flagship store opening, to a case of mistaken identify at the Wallace Collection.
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Lady Jane Grey: How the Nine Day Queen lost her head, but found her face -
Historic England acquires 8,000-strong collection of early landscape photographsJanette Rosing's collection of 19th- and early-20th-century photographs is ‘of national significance’ says Historic England.
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'Designer, maker, influencer': How Glyndebourne plans to honour Oliver Messel's legacy this summerA century on from his professional debut, Glyndebourne is to stage an exhibition celebrating the visionary 20th century stage designer.
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Hastings Contemporary extols life above and below the waves with two new exhibitionsThe threat to fishing communities and the mysteries of life below the waves are explained in two new exhibitions at Hastings Contemporary, East Sussex.
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Dawn Chorus: How to travel around the world in 19 flowers and the Mini Moke that took St Moritz by stormWhat do Charles Dickens, Henry VIII and Ellen Willmott all have in common? They all appear in a new book chronicling 19 flowers and the people responsible for bringing them to the UK. Find out how to get your hands on it, plus, we reveal why a rare Beach Boys-inspired Mini Moke turned up in a Swiss ski resort and a few of India Knight’s favourite things.
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Dawn Chorus: A Blue Plaque for Marc Bolan, holidaying in the Caribbean with Francis Ford Coppola and a history of the National Gallery in 25 picturesPlus the best of the property pages, and how the railways will save the countryside.
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A 17th century country house estate for sale in Yorkshire that's not too big and not too smallTake a look inside one of the finest private houses in the north of England that's perfectly manageable as a family house.
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A fairytale castle peeking above the treetops of Cumbria is for sale at just £2 millionAugill Castle has a wonderful backstory and a lifestyle business attached. .Annunciata Elwes tells more.
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The house that refused to die: Castle Howard's spectacular 21st-century renaissance'Molten lead cascaded from the roof into the centre hall, and then the dome crashed to the ground, leaving the interior an inferno of blazing timber and shattered stonework.' 85 years on from the devastating fire at Castle Howard, restoration is still going on. Annunciata Elwes reports.
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How to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. Here are exhibitions, events and more — happening across the UK — that mark the occasion.
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'There seems to be little sympathy, understanding or respect for the kind of work that goes on in the world’s leading horticultural charity': Alan Titchmarsh calls for RHS Wisley compensationThe RHS estimates that it will lose £11 million from ongoing roadworks on Junction 10 of the M25 — enough to fund 15 NHS wellbeing gardens.
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Eastern promise: Mandarin Oriental opens a second London hotel on Hanover SquareWhat exactly is Mayfair's first new build hotel to open in more than a decade like? We sent Annunciata Elwes to find out.
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Good news for South London's most famous dinosaurs as the National Heritage Lottery Fund set to spend £30 million on its 30th anniversaryCastles, railway stations and Victorian dinosaurs are among the beneficiaries as the National Lottery Heritage Fund announces its latest plans.
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Hedgehog numbers have plunged in the last 20 years — but help is at handAnnunciata Elwes reports on the new National Hedgehog Conservation Strategy that's been created by two key conservation organisations.
