In this issue

Let your garden come alight
What to plant this year.

In the slow lane: the secret life of snails
The love of Belloc, the genius of Titian
Dare to dream: where to buy abroad

Sailing into the sunset

Holly Kirkwood has the pick of boating hotspots along the Mediterranean

3 mins

City of dreams

One visit is all it takes to fall in love with San Francisco, with its myriad districts each possessing a different character and appeal, says Octavia Pollock

4 mins

The sound of music

If you want a change from Glyndebourne, Garsington and The Grange, but Glastonbury is not to your taste, try Europe’s best classical and opera festivals, suggests Carla Passino

2 mins

Treasure island

Three spectacular new developments that make the most of their tropical setting are turning Antigua into the Caribbean’s most vibrant location, explains Holly Kirkwood

2 mins

The custom of the country

Purchasing a home abroad is the easy part. Mastering the lingo is harder, finds Cheryl Markosky, who is settling in to life on Nevis

2 mins

Light the touch paper

Arundel Castle, West Sussex Head gardener Martin Duncan and his team are setting the borders on fire with bold and innovative plantings, finds Tiffany Daneff

5 mins

The king of long carrots

Steven Desmond meets Medwyn Williams, the man who knows more than anyone about growing and showing giant vegetables

5 mins

A pleasure for the birds

Owletts, Cobham, Kent A property of the National Trust Intensely proud of his Kent ancestry, Sir Herbert Baker restored this unpretentious family house. Clive Aslet revisits the unexpected home of one of Britain’s outstanding Imperial architects

8 mins

The boy that sings on Duncton Hill

One of our most accomplished writers of the early 20th century, Hilaire Belloc had a lifelong love affair with West Sussex. His words still echo in the hills 150 years after his birth, finds Jack Watkins

4 mins

What's the story, Georgian glory

A rare opportunity to own a townhouse on Bath’s famous Royal Crescent has arrived

5 mins

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