This week in Country Life we talk to the owners trying to give the distinctive Dandie Dinmont terrier a happy ending - can we save this delightful dog? We're also delighted by what the third phase of restoration at Stowe in Buckinghamshire has achieved, we enjoy the Georgian influences that have been drawn into the recently created gardens at Parsonage Farm, West Sussex, we consider the extraordinary role the WI has played in feeding the nation and protecting the rural economy, we find older downsizers are moving back to London and we learn to cook with lavender.
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'I have lost a treasure, such a sister, such a friend as never can have been surpassed': Inside Jane Austen's Winchester home, the house where she penned her final words and drew her final breathJane Austen spent the last days of her life in rented lodgings in Winchester, Hampshire. Adam Rattray describes the remarkable recent discoveries made about the house in which she died.
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An utterly charming island home in Scotland with gardens so beautiful they made the cover of Country LifeAn Cala on the Isle of Seil has a fascinating history that is only enhanced by its amazing setting.
