In this issue

Going out on a limb
Trees, standing in lone majesty, long lines or lush forest, are an artist’s dream. Laura Gascoigne meets the new Arborealists.

A golden show
Tiffany Daneff looks back at the first autumn Chelsea Flower Show.

Comfort and convenience
Modernist country houses may have been dismissed as ugly, but they deserve a second look, believes Adrian Tinniswood.

Going out on a limb

An eclectic group of artists is breathing new life into the time-honoured pastime of painting trees. Laura Gascoigne meets The Arborealists

7 mins

Up to speed

The debate over which is faster, the grouse or the golden plover,has raged for decades, finds Jonathan Young, as he aims to gauge our quickest sporting quarry once and for all

6 mins

The man who can teach any dog new tricks

For many, owning a well-behaved gundog is a goal we never quite achieve, but Ben Randall’s methods and training app look set to change all that, finds Paula Lester, as she watches him put her labrador through his paces

7 mins

A Northern powerhouse of conservation

Having returned otters to our waterways, the late Philip Wayre’s quest to improve wildlife lives on across a carefully managed tract of land in Weardale, finds Robin Page

5 mins

Comfort and convenience

Modernist country houses of the 1930s and post-Second World War period could be stylish buildings that made use of new technology. They deserve to be better known, as Adrian Tinniswood explains

8 mins

Tip-top tables

When laying a table, more is definitely the merrier

2 mins

The West on a roll

Three separate homes offer endless opportunities to make the West Country dream come true

5 mins

Listening to the land

When Libby Russell moved to Batcombe House, Somerset, it was the countryside with which she fell in love. Over the past 17 years, she has taken cues from that landscape to create a garden that is entirely at home in its setting, reveals Natasha Goodfellow

6 mins

What's good for the goose...

On a soft September morning, John Lewis-Stempel turns his attention to the farm’s Toulouse geese, which need to get fat on the latest flush of grass

4 mins

A taste of earth and sunshine

More than 60 years since Ladybird launched its much-loved series of ‘What to Look For’ Nature guides, Claire Jackson recalls fondly the quartet of books that have recently been re-released

5 mins

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