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The healing power of gardening

Rosalind Sack discovers the therapeutic benefits of gardening and meets two horticultural organisations making a major difference to people’s lives across Berkshire

Take the scenic route

Colin Wharton takes you on a lovely bike ride from Wokingham to Arborfield

The high life

A former marine from Wigan went up in the world after he learned the ropes of a new career

10 Amazing Abbeys & Priories

Henry VIII was a bit of a rotter but one thing he did bestow on us was romantic ruination courtesy of his Dissolution of the Monasteries. Here are the best monastic memoirs from the county of Berkshire

The RUFF Guide

Five of the best Lakeland walks to enjoy with your dog

World on film

Lindsay McCrae started watching birds in the Lake District as a young boy and he is now one of the most well-travelled wildlife cameramen in the business

Summit special

The views from the top of Whitbarrow are among the finest you’ll find anywhere and the walk up there is magnificent too

Success stories

Celebrating some of the people who make Ramsbottom such a thriving and pleasant place to live and visit

Something old, something new

The ‘new normal’ doesn’t mean you can’t still plan your dream wedding

SO MUCH TO OFFER

Make shopping local your new habit and support the independent businesses at Preston Market

Layering the love

There always seem to be the same two words when it comes to planning your wedding colours: ‘think seasonally’. But Higham-based wedding stylist Carrie-Ann Tilley says you don’t have to

Electric dreams

The Range Rover plug-in hybrid brings silent electric motoring to this iconic luxury car

Drumroll For Painter Chris

A former rock musician who toured with Bon Jovi and Black Sabbath is marching to a new beat as one of Lancashire’s up-and-coming young artists

The critic who cared too much

Ian Nairn wrote brilliantly about buildings, made glorious TV – and drowned his sorrows too deeply, remembers Jonathan Meades

Travel: Hidden Staffordshire

William Cook visits Samuel Johnson’s Lichfield house and Tamworth, home to Robert Peel and Queen Aethelflaed

Best Sherlock Holmes on TV? Elementary

Jeremy Brett, who died 25 years ago, captured the master sleuth perfectly, says Damian Thompson, an obsessive fan

My work is much more fun than fun

Paul Ewart, an Oxford research physicist, recently won a landmark case. He wanted to be allowed to carry on working beyond the statutory university retirement age of 67. Ewart argued that, at 70, he still had important research work to do.

The heroes – and villains – of the Blitz

Eighty years ago, there was plenty of Blitz spirit, says Joshua Levine. There was also lots of crime, terror and illicit sex

Stammer blow

A stammerer since childhood, Nigel Phillips enjoyed and endured a successful and stressful language-teaching career. Did anything help?

Overlooked Britain What Delaval brought to the stable

Sir Francis Delaval added an equine palace to Seaton Delaval, Vanbrugh’s baroque jewel

King of the Army

Sergeant Elvis Presley finished his service in Germany sixty years ago – and became a greater singer, says Andrew M Brown

Gyles Brandreth's Diary: How to kill your wife and get away with it

P D James and John Mortimer gave me tips for the perfect murder

A right royal farce

As Spitting Image returns, producer John Lloyd recalls how the show was nearly banned

We have all the time in the world

As the Cotswold town of Nailsworth eases back into life post-lockdown, Tracy Spiers reflects on all we’ve come to appreciate in the last four months

TOTAL transformation

Entrusting the keys to his new Bath house to builder brother James and designer wife Beth, Paul Kettlety disappeared abroad for nine months...

History's WONDER WOMAN

With superhuman powers possibly gifted by the Greek gods, Dr Janina Ramirez is returning to Gloucester this month to bring a series of events celebrating our diverse and fascinating history

Fly me to the MOON

Bristol artist Luke Jerram is returning to the city of Gloucester this month with an exciting new community exhibition

Cotswolds Champions

A newly launched £400,000 programme is set to promote projects that lead the way in looking after the Cotswolds

Age is just a number

You’re never too old to learn – and doing so might just improve your health

Adam and his loyal land army

BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson is Britain’s best-known farmer. But when lockdown shut his Cotswold Farm Park, glamour was off the table: he went straight back to mucking out sheds and feeding bulls. With the farm park now reopen, he talks to Katie Jarvis