The New Sheriff In Town

On a day spent with George Jessel, the High Sheriff of Kent, Clive Aslet almost goes to prison to find out exactly what this historic and unpaid role entails

Welcome To Billionaire Mountain

Liz Rowlinson explains how to join the jet set in Aspen without breaking the bank

We Are Family

Our correspondent finds that BMW’s latest incarnation of its 5-Series Touring estate handles like a dream without compromising on space, fuel economy or looks

Sales Of The Unexpected

Auction houses offer an opportunity to find furniture that ranges from the ordinary to the extraordinary

The Welcome Of A Broad Church

The Welcome Of A Broad Church

Moor Fool Them

Moor Fool Them

The Beautiful Game

There’s bound to be plenty of drama on the pitch and court in the coming months, but what about sport on stage?

Seafood And Solitude

Villa Clarisse, Île de Ré, France

Living National Treasure

There isn’t much that Karl Chattington doesn’t know about coracles. He’s one of the few remaining people making these small, round boats in the traditional way and is a passionate advocate of a dying way of life. 

To Walk Among Giants

Hatfield Forest, with its great medieval trees, is a rare survival

Our Greatest Roses

We all love a rose and there is one for most situations, whether it’s in a pot, glasshouse, shrub border or hedge or clambering into a tree. These are the roses you can depend on for both beauty and fragrance, wherever you want to grow them, advises Charles Quest-Ritson, author of the RHS Encyclopedia of Roses

Have You Seen Me?

As part of the creation of a catalogue raisonné for the work of Eric Ravilious, the public is being asked to help locate missing watercolours

John McEwen Comments On Count John McCormack

In 1981, Orpen’s biographer Bruce Arnold wrote: ‘He was the most famous portrait painter of his age… Why, then, is he now a forgotten figure… his reputation negligible?’

Whistler And I'll Come To You

As a lifelong supporter of European skiing, Rosie Paterson visits Whistler, Canada, to find out what all the fuss is about.

In The Groove

The clean lines and striking simplicity of the bolection chimneypiece ensure that it’s as sought after in the 21st century as it was in the 17th, says Arabella Youens.

We'll See You In Court

A Parliamentarian built one and an acclaimed writer lived in the other of these two historic houses.

The Art Of Taking Page To Stage

Are novels better read than seen? Two adaptations bring mixed results

Every Note Is A Thing Of Brilliance

Benjamin Britten composed the exquisite A Ceremony of Carols while cooped up, bored, on a ship crossing the Atlantic and a nation has been everlastingly grateful, says Ysenda Maxtone-Graham

A Little Nip And Shuck

Tom Parker Bowles has only two rules when it comes to native oysters: keep ’em raw and keep ’em coming. However, with numbers in decline, he’s having a rethink

Snowflakes For Summer

Confused with snowdrops, denied as being a British native, Leucojum have had a chequered history. Mark Griffiths celebrates this misunderstood, but brilliant garden flower

Visions Of War

Exhibitions at the British Art Fair offer the opportunity to enjoy works by some lesser-known artists.

A Rose By Any Other Name

Why do we hold some theatre names in more affection than others?

A Knotty Problem

PUBLISHED in 1884, John Wood’s Hardy Perennials and Old-Fashioned Garden Flowers contains a sentence that changed British life: ‘It is a capital plant for the small town garden.

The Last Rites

To ‘hook and cook’, you need a priest to administer the final coup de grâce.

Back To The Future

Once upon a time, elm trees were a common sight in the English countryside. Mark Seddon offers a solution for their return.

Living National Treasure

THERE are no similarities between buying from London wine merchant Justerini & Brooks and a shop on the high street, declares buying director Giles Burke-Gaffney.

A Brush With Life

Peyton Skipwith enjoys a small exhibition that highlights the artist’s close association with Wessex in the early decades of the 20th century

A Right Old Mulberry Muddle

A DWARF mulberry, Morus Charlotte Russe (also called M. Matsunaga), was voted plant of the year at the 2017 Chelsea Flower Show and has sold in its thousands since it was introduced by Suttons last spring.

A Jolly Good Show

WHO was the first woman to put her head into a lion’s mouth? Find out at Museums Sheffield’s family-friendly ‘Circus! Show of Shows’, at Weston Park Museum (until November 4).

Racing-Yard Manager

I HAD always loved horses, but I’m a cabinetmaker by trade,’ admits Richard Leadley, yard manager for National hunt trainer Charlie Longsdon.