In this issue

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s favourite painting
The landscape architect chooses a dramatic, Biblical scene by a Flemish painter.

A town-house transformation
An 1860s coach house has been reconfigured to dazzling effect. Jeremy Musson visits Monmouth House, London SW7.

Shooting season blighted by partridge shortage

The perfect storm of Brexit, covid and avian flu means that many shoots are having to reduce the number of days offered or close entirely

2 mins

A town-house transformation

The shell of an 1860s coach house has been internally reconfigured to dazzling effect with the help of the finest contemporary craftsmanship.

7 mins

Getting to the pointer

They are arrestingly handsome, built for efficiency and have an unmatched prey drive, yet German shorthaired pointers are a rare sight in the field, laments Arabella Byrne

5 mins

Young, gifted and thriving

Escaping to the country is a long-cherished retirement dream for many. But, as Fergus Butler-Gallie discovers, an increasing number of young people are making the move and bringing valuable skills with them

7 mins

A close call

With the curlew-that wader with a haunting call-now almost extinct in the South of England, Simon Lester meets the Duke of Norfolk, who is hoping to pull them back from the brink on his West Sussex estate

6 mins

A perfect marriage

A house that is in perfect harmony with its surroundings will enhance the everyday lives of its owners

2 mins

Heroic restorations

Three fine country homes have had new life breathed into them by their determined owners

5 mins

In with the new

There's no doubt about it-new-build homes are increasingly popular. From convenience and preference for local materials to environmental benefits, Annunciata Elwes finds out why

3 mins

Instant gratification

Tiffany Daneff visits a recently built property in the Home Counties, which proves that, with forethought, a new garden needn't look new

5 mins

'It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it....

With Bananarama's hit ringing in his ears, our piscatorial correspondent David Profumo recalls a late-April foray after trout down South

4 mins

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