MORVILLE HALL: Medieval magnificence in The Dower House Garden at Morville Hall, Shropshire.
ALFRED LEETE: Best known for wartime posters, Alfred Leete could capture canines and Bertie Wooster alike, finds Nicholas Hodge.
FABULOUS FRAMES: A frame can elevate or diminish a painting, illustrate its history or transform it, says Catriona Gray.
ALBRECHT DURER: The German artist and print-maker is worthy of the respect afforded the greatest of all Old Masters, asserts Michael Prodger.
SCHOOL LIFE: How schools are embracing online learning with imagination and success; why Forest Schools are a breath of fresh air; the Imperial architecture of Haileybury, Hertfordshire; and what military families value for their children’s education.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Gyles Brandreth picks a radiant portrait.
BLACKTHORN: Hedgerows will soon be awash with white blossom amid sharp thorns.
TO DYE FOR: A remarkable range of kitchen waste and plants can be used for dying, reveals Maggie Chaplin.
WINTER’S LATE RALLY: John Lewis-Stempel is caught unawares as the wind changes.
LUXURY: This week’s collection of things you really don’t need, but would definitely rather like, include bespoke dressing gowns, fine watches and Alice Fox-Pitt’s favourite things.
INTERIORS: A gardener’s library and the modern modest sofa.
And much more
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‘Some people find it a bit daunting being faced with a big beast and a couple of utensils’: Mitch Tonks on the perfect seafood platterMitch Tonks creates the ultimate fisherman’s feast using crab, langoustines and of course, oysters.
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The ring ouzel: The mystery behind the common blackbird's feral twinA master of disguise, inexplicably shy and unpredictably wild, the increasingly rare ring ouzel warrants giving any blackbird a second glance.
