A shaggy dog story: The grand old English sheepdog, veteran of Dulux ads and David Bowie dance routines, is in trouble.
The Country Life bespoke bible: We present the 71 craftspeople capable of creating your perfect home, from gilders to plasterers.
William Morris: The great man’s designs and tenets still colour our homes, but his work disguised an unhappy marriage.
Julia Carrick’s favourite painting: The founder of ISO Luxury picks an uplifting grassy scene.
Carla Carlisle: Our columnist struggles against the world’s battalions of troubles.
Bevis Marks: As Bevis Marks celebrates 320 years of continuous worship, Jeremy Musson explores the oldest operating synagogue in Britain, the beating heart of London’s Jewish community.
Inherited gardens: Many of our great gardens benefit from being passed down through generations.
Eve Balfour: Sarah Langford salutes soil and farming pioneer Lady Eve Balfour.
Aubergines: The aubergine is tasty in myriad forms, avers Tom Parker Bowles
Balcombe Mill House gardens: A West Sussex spots that’s been joyously revived.
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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.
