HORSES: For centuries, we have relied on our trusty steeds. John Lewis-Stempel delves into equine lives.
EVENTING: Kate Green looks forward to the return of live three-day eventing .
BLACKBERRIES: Amid the thorns is sustenance for man and beast alike. Vicky Liddell untangles the bramble..
FREUD: Martin Gayford examines the energetic life of Lucian Freud .
SCHOOLS: The future of exams, eight top public schools, learning down on the farm and the girls taking on the boys on pitch and field .
LONDON LIFE: The secrets of Chelsea, rooftop gardens and Martha, Lady Sitwell .
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Leonie Benesch’s choice: a powerful self-portrait of a very modern girl .
DARTMOOR: Fiona Reynolds explores Dartmoor .
JEREMY CLARKSON: Paula Lester meets farming’s new cheerleader, Jeremy Clarkson .
VERSAILLES: The splendid Palace of Versailles drew English visitors despite the wars, reveals Philip Mansel .
INTERIORS: The most covetable bathrooms.
ARCHITECTURE: Stephen Anderton visits the revived Arts-and-Crafts garden of Wyndcliffe Court, Monmouthshire.
GARDENS: Why we should all be growing plectranthus.
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21 of the greatest craftspeople working in Britain today, as chosen by the nation's best designers and architectsWe've persuaded some of the most celebrated names from our Country Life Top 100 to name the craftspeople they have in their own personal little black books.
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The garden created by a forgotten genius of the 1920s, rescued from 'a sorry state of neglect to a level of quality it has not known for over 50 years'George Dillistone’s original Arts-and-Crafts design at Knowle House, East Sussex, has been lovingly restored and updated with contemporary planting. George Plumptre tells more; photography by Clive Nichols.
