In this issue

Green fingers and a business head
Keith Weed, the new president of the RHS, talks to Tiffany Daneff about sustainability, social media, sloe gin and stumperies.

Someone’s been eating my porridge
Anyone who thinks porridge is simple and dull should think again. Emma Hughes tucks in.

Where the writers roamed
Sporting opportunities abound in four major estates new to the market, reveals Penny Churchill..

Green Fingers And A Business Head

The new RHS president on his own garden and what he will bring to the role

5 mins

Training for the Arts

Hospitalfield, Angus The property of the Patrick Allan-Fraser of Hospitalfield Trust Replete with late-Victorian collections and furnishings, Hospitalfield is today home to a cultural organisation for artists and education in the Arts. John Goodall looks at the driving personality behind a remarkable survival

8 mins

The march of the tartan terriers

Scotland boasts five famously distinctive terrier breeds, all loyal, intelligent and amusing. Kate Green celebrates their heritage and appealing characters

7 mins

Someone's been eating my porridge

Like Goldilocks, we simply can’t get enough of the stuff. Emma Hughes goes in search of the perfect bowl of porridge oats

6 mins

Life is but a dream

Freed from the shackles of Scottish lockdown, The Prof ventures south to ‘kick some fin’ in pursuit of brownies on his annual chalkstream fix

4 mins

Interiors: The designer's room

Henriette von Stockhausen has brought a relaxed feel to a reception room of a house in the Highlands

1 min

Where the writers roamed

Let the scenery and wildlife of these four Scottish estates inspire you

7 mins

Riding the winds

Attadale Gardens, Wester Ross After their almost total destruction by storms, the gardens at Attadale were brilliantly revived by Nicolette Macpherson and continue to thrive, finds James Truscott

4 mins

You don't bring me flowers...

The ancient craft of pressing blooms may not be as popular as in its Edwardian heyday, but the pastime is well worth revisiting, suggests Claire Jackson

5 mins

At daggers drawn

Once essential elements of every brave Highlander’s armoury, deadly dirks and sgiandubhs provided protection against foes, the elfin race and broken oaths, reveals Joe Gibbs

4 mins

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