In this issue

Head for the hill

One of London’s most desirable boroughs started life as a small hilltop settlement. Carla Passino delves into the archives of Islington’s past

5 mins

HOME AND HARBOUR

The huge expanse of the London Docklands has become a fashionable residential area. John Goodall considers the history of this area in the natural flood plain of the Thames

4 mins

THE CAPITAL ACCORDING TO ... Marine Tanguy

Rosie Paterson talks to the founder of MTArt–an award winning agency for visual artists–and Marylebone resident

3 mins

Malvern Hills

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

2 mins

From source to seniority

The mighty River Thames is a surprisingly gentle affair in its infancy

3 mins

Racing sunshine on Cotswold walls

Freda Lewis-Stempel takes to the road to explore one of the most alluring and ancient attributes of the Cotswolds–its 4,000 miles of mellow, dry-stone walls

6 mins

Sit back and re-flax

Once a familiar sight throughout Britain, delicate blue flax flowers are once again gracing the fields of the Cotswolds. Jane Wheatley discovers more about the production and many uses of linen

6 mins

With your head in the clouds

From cirrus to cumulonimbus, there’s never been a better time to study the clouds skudding across the sky, says Richard Webber, as he discovers more about the man who named them With your head in the clouds

7 mins

Interiors: The designer's room

Papering the walls and eaves of this guest room with a lively botanical wallpaper has lent it a summery feel

1 min

Fruit sours

WHEN I was at school, there was little worse than being a gooseberry.

3 mins

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