In this issue

Telling England’s story
Busman’s holidays: historians’ favourite outings
The Victorian cook making a comeback
The top 10 rosé wines to drink this summer

The Pursuit of Love

Britain's greatest masterpieces

4 mins

‘We tell the story of England'

The chief executive of English Heritage on charity status, education and a broader view

5 mins

Busman's holidays

Historians and archaeologists select the English Heritage property that would be their first choice for a day out

7 mins

The verge of the world

In 1927, the house and garden where Charles Darwin lived for nearly 40 years were saved for the nation as a monument to his research and ideas. John Goodall investigates

9 mins

Pigeon pie with Mrs Crocombe

Audley End’s Victorian cook has become a YouTube sensation. Eleanor Doughty signs in for a lesson with her

4 mins

In it to win it

Foregoing chocolate, running every day and riding out multiple lots before starting her day job as Chief Sub-Editor of COUNTRY LIFE mean that Octavia Pollock is ready to race to victory in next week’s Magnolia Cup at Glorious Goodwood

5 mins

One night stand

An increasing number of sprawling historic houses is available for rent for short stays, finds Eleanor Doughty

7 mins

Forever England

These quintessentially English estates are the perfect places to revel in the beauty of this green and pleasant land

5 mins

A real pleasure

In the hands of English Heritage, the care and restoration of the striking mid-19th-century garden of Brodsworth Hall, South Yorkshire, is producing truly impressive results, writes Tiffany Daneff

6 mins

The one true Canaletto of the north

Being the nephew of Antonio Canaletto was both a blessing and a curse for Bernardo Bellotto, whose brooding landscapes eventually emerged from his uncle’s formidable shadow, as Michael Prodger observes

6 mins

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