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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.