Will Hosie

Received wisdom contends that we experience time faster with each passing year. Yet the bells and whistles of modern life, which leave us less spare time than before, could also be to blame.

By Will Hosie Published 17 August 26

The lively Scottish folk dance seems odd and complicated to the uninitiated but is great fun, Will Hosie finds on a London dancefloor.

By Will Hosie Published 15 August 26

Numbers 39 and 41, Egerton Terrace is a standout on the London property market.

By Will Hosie Published 14 August 26

A new generation of writers are paying tribute to the author whose stories, they say, 'allowed the countryside to be sexy'.

By Will Hosie Published 10 August 26

As we struggle through another heatwave, we list our winners and losers of the sweltering season.

By Will Hosie Published 6 August 26

Will Hosie questions claims that octopus are too smart to be eaten.

By Will Hosie Published 3 August 26

With 'The Odyssey', the director has not only made the film of the summer but perhaps that which best captures the anxieties of the 2020s.

By Will Hosie Published 23 July 26

For some, an opportunity to reconnect with old chums, is a fearful occasion during which old-school hierarchies rear their ugly heads. May the odds be in your favour.

By Will Hosie Published 20 July 26

The French have started winding down for summer: a concept alien to our Protestant work ethic. Yet they always seem to outperform us in the disciplines that we helped to create. Could the two things be linked?

By Will Hosie Published 13 July 26

The gentle charm of Strawberry Vale is the setting for this house full of 'gloomth', where you can wander down your garden and straight on to the banks of the Thames.

By Will Hosie Published 6 July 26

Once proud institutions have fallen into disrepute.

By Will Hosie Published 6 July 26

Will Hosie meets the unsung heroes of SW19, whose work behind the scenes helps to make the Wimbledon Championships one of the greatest events in sport.

By Will Hosie Published 4 July 26

Home Harvest’s founders want us all to farm from our own kitchens. Is this the future of agriculture, asks Will Hosie.

By Will Hosie Published 3 July 26

If the snobs of yore saw popularity as inimical to artistic merit, today's snobs tend to take more readily to success.

By Will Hosie Published 29 June 26

When it comes to cocktails, offbeat British ingredients are having a moment

By Will Hosie Published 26 June 26

Once part of a 200-acre estate, this seven-bedroom manor house overlooking Chelsea Embankment has hosted royalty and A-listers.

By Will Hosie Published 25 June 26

Wetter, stormier summers are no time for a two-month break just as marvellous May is entirely wasted on revision. A few calendrical changes would not go amiss.

By Will Hosie Published 22 June 26

As Labour continues to sideline those in the countryside, seven million people are flocking to county shows this summer to sample rural life at its most tangible.

By Will Hosie Published 15 June 26

They may look closer to Brad Pitt's Paul Maclean than to the grandfathers who taught them how to cast. But they are flocking to the sport in their hundreds, lured by Nature's bounty.

By Will Hosie Published 8 June 26

Will Hosie celebrates the legacy of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh who campaigned strongly for women's independence.

By Will Hosie Published 2 June 26

Will pubs be able to stay open past midnight to play England's games in full when the World Cup kicks off in the USA? No worries if not: we are the home of sport — and there's plenty more where that came from.

By Will Hosie Published 28 May 26