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Divining inspiration: the art of finding water
Chiggypigs and the bird that began the RSPB..

The Plants That Came From Afar

Steven Desmond searches for beloved garden staples that originally came from foreign lands and suggests where you can see them in their old homes

4 mins

Treasure island

Arabella Youens revels in the history, food and culture of the largest Balearic island, now earning a justified reputation for sophistication

4 mins

The rewards of loyalty

The royal confidante on finding fame late in life

5 mins

A plain house

Stormont Castle, Belfast Home to the Northern Ireland Executive and the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister A century ago, the Stormont estate was chosen as the seat of the government of Northern Ireland. In the first of two articles, John Goodall looks at the history of this decision and the castle now at the centre of politics

8 mins

Pale into significance

More than 130 years ago, fears over the little egret’s fate–and our obsession with its plumed feathers– helped to form the RSPB. Now, this exotic migrant is making a comeback, reports Jack Watkins

4 mins

It's a kind of magic

Widely thought to be a form of witchcraft, water divining relies on a pair of rods and ‘the uncanny reaction of the human nervous system’ to factors unknown. Yet it is still employed by water companies today, discovers Catriona Gray

5 mins

Better than ever

Two glorious estates have been lovingly brought back from the brink

5 mins

Dear Mr Stillman...

The finest example of a classically inspired 20th-century American garden, at Wethersfield in the Hudson Valley, is at last being given the attention it deserves. Jane Garmey recounts its extraordinary story

6 mins

Fowl play

TO garden with hens successfully, one has to understand hens. Regardless of their breed and reputed egg-laying numbers, all chickens are ancestral woodland birds at heart, at their happiest when nestling in the leaf litter under a canopy of twigs and leaves where they feel safe.

3 mins

The last Modernist

A striking muse filled with irrepressible joy, it wasn’t until a decade after her husband’s death that Rose Hilton truly flowered as an artist, believes Ian Collins

4 mins

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