Jonathan Self: After 44 years and seven attempts, I am finally starting to get the hang of this parenting business
Jonathan Self has nailed it, just as his twins leave for university.
Jonathan Self has nailed it, just as his twins leave for university.
Six months on from Liz Truss's disastrous stint as prime minister, the fallout is still being felt in the property market. Yet the overwhelming sentiment is of cautious optimism as Spring brings all sorts of positive signs, as Annabel Dixon explains.
Jason Goodwin rages against the sign-erecting quangos who are helping tourists miss the point.
Does the meaning of life hide in our mystical relationship with our world, as captured by the cave art of prehistoric men, asks Robin Hanbury-Tenison.
Sustainability relies on creating furniture and appliances that can be fixed — and the skills to do so, says Arabella Youens.
Carla Carlisle pays tribute to the late Martin Amis, who died last month.
Fiona Reynolds takes a walk around the home that captured Evelyn Waugh’s imagination, finding a place that is both intriguing and atmospheric.
'Twinkle twinkle little star' isn't just a nursery rhyme: it's an astronomical phenomenon. But what causes it? Martin Fone takes a look at why stars twinkle.
You'd think it would be simple. It's anything but, as Martin Fone discovers.
How lovely to have a beautiful watch to order your life, says Jonathan Self; but how much better to have no need of one at all.
Dialogue, tolerance and trust are crucial to Nature restoration, so events that encourage an honest exchange of views among different camps, such as May's Why Moorlands Matter summit, mark the way forward.
James Fisher reports back from the Future Countryside conference at Hatfield House.
Can you truly understand the countryside if you've not walked through it in the nude? Well, probably, but our columnist wasn't taking any chances as he strips off to find out for certain.
The countryside is for everyone and the problems facing it — and farming and the environment — will not be solved if the different factions continue to squabble, points out Julian Glover.
Jason Goodwin's garden tours have kicked off, leaving him musing on things unplanned.
Chelsea Flower Show burst into bloom this week, putting Chelsea firmly in the spotlight. Annabel Dixon takes a look at this sought-after corner of London.
Our columnist Alan Titchmarsh is a supporter — and a vice-president — of the RHS. But he worries that the horticulture is in danger of going missing from the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show.
Country Life's former gardens editor Kathryn Bradley-Hole is hoping that the pendulum at Chelsea is swinging back towards traditional gardens.
Patrick has been rubbing shoulders with communists, publishers, New York Times writers and alumni of Cheltenham Ladies' College — and sometimes several of them at once.
Our columnist's rare time to himself causes him to reflect on his encounter with a man who had nothing but himself for company for years on end.