This week in Country Life we visit some of the Cornish families who continue to keep their estates, and the local economy, flourishing. We also celebrate Red Ruby Devons who so beautifully enhance the landscape, we look back at the medal winners of this year's Chelsea Flower Show, we reveal a new work by Shakespeare which was vitally important for his career and our kitchen garden advises how to cook a delicious gluten-free elderflower and honey cake.
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The life that thrives among the dead: How wildlife finds a home in the graveyards and churchyards of BritainHome to a veritable ‘Noah’s Ark of species’, thanks to never being ploughed, sprayed or fertilised, our churchyards offer a sacred haven for flora and fauna, says Laura Parker.
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‘What a shame when a dinosaur disappears into the mansion of an oligarch rather than being displayed for all to enjoy’: The ethics of the dinosaur auctionFancy a stegosaurus in your living room? You can buy one at auction. But the latest luxury good is a paleontologist's worst nightmare.
