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Gardeners' world

Mike Smith explores the Peak District village of Parwich

A big headache

With Migraine Awareness Week taking place in September, we look at what’s being done to clear our heads :

Raising A Glass To The Pubs Of The Peak District

Andrew McCloy explores the country inns offering a wonderful blend of history and hospitality

Treading The Boards Of Chatsworth

Catherine Roth discovers the unique theatre group which calls Chatsworth its home

Plodding on

Retired policeman Peter Evans, 78, has clocked up more than 50,000 miles in the 24 years he’s been enjoying his daily walk across Dartmoor. CHRISSY HARRIS joined him (and just about kept up)

Saving the Splendour of Exmoor

The splendour of Exmoor National Park may appear timeless and untroubled,but a new book reveals the long and often bitter struggle conservationists faced to save the landscape from the twin threats of afforestation and the plough

The write stuff

Lynda La Plante novelist, producer and writer of over 150 hours of television and 33 crime novels talks to JUDI SPIERS about her recent best seller Buried

The art house

Inspired by an art gallery yet designed to accommodate music, this Sway home is a rare find in the New Forest

Spectacular sands and sea views

So much to do and see - but it’s the golden sands of Exmouth that provide the really big draw for SUE CADE

Ten questions you must ask

As the property market takes on a new look post coronavirus lockdown, leading estate agent ROGER WILKINSON has drawn up a set of key questions for buyers

The Shadow Factories

From laundries and bus depots to garages and hotels, Southampton’s secret network of manufacturing facilities helped the RAF win the Battle of Britain

Proud mum moment

This month Deborah Clark is reflecting on her son’s passing out as newly-qualified Royal Marine

When technology meets ART

Southampton artist Andrew Tubbs uses an iPad to create his stunning paintings inspired by local landscapes

More than just food for the hungry

In his regular quarterly column for Devon Life, fundraising expert PAUL COURTNEY profiles a charity which has provided a vital lockdown lifeline

Quiet beauty

The unique gardens of Bere Mill in Whitchurch are inextricably linked with the river and have a defining tranquility

Perfect Pairings

From a beautiful and historic South Devon estate, food and drink alchemy is produced, as HARRY WILD discovers

Old SCHOOL ties

As bells ring out to signal the start of a new academic year, we explore eight of Hampshire’s historic schools

Labour of love

Getting together 40 years after they first met inspired Simon and Nikki Rice to create a truly remarkable coastal home, as CHRISSY HARRIS discovers...

A forest reawakening

Few are better equipped to help navigate the New Forest’s post-lockdown recovery than Beaulieu’s Mary Montagu Scott

A floral feast

From cocktail bars to Bake Off, a Devon grower supplies gastronomes across the country with a feast of flowers – all of which are edible, discovers CATHERINE COURTENAY

FRONT RUNNER

Now racing has returned to our screens, ITV’s Ed Chamberlin reveals what it has been like presenting from his Broughton home

Behind closed doors

Meet the two women shining a light on Hampshire’s hidden historical sites as the 2020 Heritage Open Days defy the coronavirus crisis

10 New places to dine out

From the historic Grosvenor Hotel to pop-up café The Yard, book in to Hampshire’s newest places to eat

The ELEPHANT in the room

As Tracy Spiers visits Royal Leamington Spa, she finds a town full of positivity, pedals, parks, prestige and pachyderms, with no time to dwell on that other ‘p’ word

Mellow fruitfulness

Growing your own fruit is achievable whatever the size of your garden, producing a harvest of delicious wholesome tastes

THE SOUNDS OF DOWNS

Rose Elinor Dougall was a founding member of girl band The Pipettes before going solo and working with superproducer Mark Ronson. So how did lockdown in Lewes inspire her creativity?

Safe harbour

Director and harbour master of Chichester Harbour Conservancy Richard Craven oversees an area providing habitat for 55,000 birds – and more than 10,000 sailors

War and peace

Watercolour artist Gordon Rushmer’s Sussex landscapes are a far cry from his previous career as a war artist

REBUILDING HISTORY

How a revolutionary idea dreamed up 50 years ago in Singleton became one of our best-loved heritage sites

All things BRIGHT and Beautiful

Illustrator Camilla Perkins lives in Ringmer with her husband and two daughters. Her home features in a new book, Bold British Design, showcasing the living spaces of British creatives