In this issue

London Life
BBC Radio 4 presenter Justin Webb on dawn in the capital, the legacy of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and the loss of market life.

In search of desirable residences
As the debate over new housing developments rages, Roger White looks at best and bad practice across Dorset..

LONDON LIFE

Your indispensable guide to the capital

1 min

Another brick in the wall

In the first of a new monthly series looking back at the people who helped shape London, Carla Passino discovers that despite his unruffled serenity, not all of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's designs were met with rapt enthusiasm

4 mins

On the market

London's markets—selling all manner of goods from livestock in the east to lavender in the south-west—used to be ubiquitous. Patrick Galbraith visits the ones still soldiering on

4 mins

State of the Arts

London and the South of England have long been the primary beneficiaries of Arts funding, but is the Government’s latest plan to level up’ actually doing the opposite? Claire Jackson investigates

9 mins

The Chiswick House Camellias by William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

CHISWICK HOUSE holds a significant place in British architectural history as the former home of Richard Boyle, the 3rd Earl of Burlington, 18th-century Palladianism's chief advocate.

3 mins

In search of desirable residences

New housing is one of the great issues of the present moment. Roger White looks at the example of Dorset, where he lives, and tries to draw some lessons from recent development there

8 mins

Farming on the edge

Adapt or give up? Defra’s new post-Brexit payment schemes for farmers seem to offer both hope and dismay. Julie Harding talks to farming leaders about their concerns for the future

10+ mins

Brave new world? Or same old

The Government’s failure to be bold means that UK farming risks being neither competitive nor green

3 mins

I'm all right, Jack

Small, but mighty, the feisty Jack Russell is as popular as ever, not least as it’s The Queen Consort’s breed of choice. Fellow terrier owner India Sturgis recounts why these tiny tearaways remain so perennially appealing

6 mins

Timeless Chequerboard

Opening up space either side of a chimney breast transformed this kitchen and dining room, designed by Susie Atkinson

1 min

So very Surrey

Great names of the past are recalled in three magnificent properties

5 mins

The next generation

From the new homes that are popping up all over the country, we’ve chosen some of our favourites

3 mins

Following the sun : Grey Gables, Buckinghamshire The home of Liz Houghton

A contemporary extension to an Arts-and-Crafts house led to a reassessment of the whole garden, rationalising the space and bringing shaded areas back into use, finds Tiffany Daneff

4 mins

Step aboard

The cruising news and trends to keep you afloat in 2023 and beyond

1 min

Come holiday or high water

The best yacht charters in 2023 offer intrepid travellers access to hard-to-reach destinations or once-in-a-lifetime experiences, says Adam Hay-Nicholls, who rounds up some of his favourites

4 mins

Land of snow and ice

Once-in-a-lifetime encounters and a sense of scientific purpose colour Ben Olsen’s memorable expedition to the world’s last wilderness

4 mins

To fish or not to fish?

Once the zenith of fly-fishing and little else, Alphonse Island, a tiny speck in the Seychelles, has reinvented itself as a glorious jack-of-alltrades and travellers, finds Mark Hedges

6 mins

Wild river yonder

SOMETIMES I claim to be a wild swimmer, throwing caution and everything else to the wind and the weather, and striding into lakes, rivers and the sea whatever the time of year.

2 mins

To sing like a Byrd

William Byrd not only survived a perilous period of history as a church composer, but his music is still regularly sung today, 400 years after his death, as Henrietta Bredin reports

6 mins

Glass is the word

Contemporary art glass is back in vogue, with Lalique attracting plenty of buyers

4 mins

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