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The Return Of The Prodigal Son By Rembrandt

John McEwen comments on The Return of the Prodigal Son

If You Go Down To The Woods Today

Past conflicts are forgotten as the New Forest’s timeless landscape beguiles

The Pests We Love To Hate

EVERY year, the RHS publishes a report on the incidence of pests in our gardens. These are listed from one to 10 according to the number of enquiries and complaints that the society receives. Slugs, snails, vine weevils, lily beetles, woolly aphids: they’re all there, year after year, upsetting our plans for carefree gardening.

The Agony And The Ecstasy

A small group of paintings demonstrates how important a regional collection can be.

A Flying Start In Florence

All manner of wildlife, from Sardinian warblers to glossy ibis and blue catfi sh, abounds on The Prof’s avifauna and angling safari in Tuscany

Brexit: The Next Instalment

The ‘B’ word has dominated all talk of farming and the countryside for two years, but its true effect is still unclear

Daisy, Daisy, Give Me Your Answer, Moo

From Captain and Sergeant to Bluebell and Buttercup, iPad and Snapchat, the names given to animals are a sign of our times.

Kitchen Garden Cook Apples

Salted-caramel, apple and roasted-hazelnut galette

Rebuild The Dream

A ruined mansion worthy of Midsomer Murders and a Thames-side Repton landscape make waves on the market

The Riddle Of The Sands

Much of our coastline is edged by sand dunes, running like a ribbon between land and sea. Antony Woodward explores this shifting wilderness.

Tread softly

For one season, the visitor’s understanding of Waddesdon is transformed by a carpet.

It Will Be Bliss To Go To Diss

We’ll forever associate him with Cornish clifftop walks and Aldershot sun, but Sir John Betjeman’s heart lay in another part of the country altogether. Clive Aslet looks at his enduring relationship with Norfolk.

A Palette For Prayer

Matthew Dennsion is enlightened by this exploration of the medieval use of colour as an adjunct to devotion.

Voyage of Discovery

An outstanding restoration project has rescued an important historic yacht and created a magnificent series of new interiors in the spirit of the 1930s, as John Good all reveals.

There Is A World Elsewhere

Strong revivals abound as Coriolanus and Dido complete the RSC’s Rome season and the National Theatre’s Oslo resonates with current global instability

An Ecstasy Of Light And Air

On the eve of her latest exhibition, painter Emily Patrick talks to Emma Crichton-Miller about the creative roots of her poetic oil and tempera paintings

En Garde!

Clad in high-waisted breeches, protected by an inner plastron, a mask and armed with an épée, the original duelling weapon, Agnes Stamp enters the world of fencing.

Up For The Downs

Some of our favourite paintings and best regional art galleries are associated with the south coast. David Dimbleby tells Mary Miers why.

Castellar Classicism

Sympathetic restoration has enhanced this outstanding house, which was dramatically enlarged in the 18th century by the addition of a tower. Roger White investigates

A Brave New Dawn

On a solo fishing expedition in the Highlands, Mark Hedges luxuriates in the slick style, supreme comfort and sheer power of the new Rolls-Royce Dawn.

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