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How To Grow Your Own Pecan Pie
How To Grow Your Own Pecan Pie
One Of A Kind
Three decades of work have produced a remarkable collection of unique hellebores for one nurseryman, yet they would be too expensive to put into commercial production and could disappear, finds Jacky Hobbs.
Going Too Far?
Michael Billington wonders if the directors are more interested in gimmicks than the plays’ texts.
Of Hobbits And Men
Of Hobbits And Men
The Trouble With Small Worlds
The Trouble With Small Worlds
Starting All Over Again Is Exciting
Starting All Over Again Is Exciting
The Detached Observer
Peyton Skipwith applauds this long-overdue reassessment of the work of Henry Lamb
Bring On Autumn Hunting
As masterpieces become harder to locate, London’s October fairs offer rarities aplenty
Living National Treasure
Hat-block maker
My Favourite Painting Clementine Cecil
John McEwen comments on Villa Nautilus
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.