A Cotswold Adventure

As Martin Lane, Director of the Cotswolds Conservation Board, steps into retirement, he talks to Siân Ellis about the Board’s pioneering role, achievements over the last 20 years... and lugging a Google Trekker along the Cotswold Way

A Breed Apart

Why Adam Henson has finally got round to committing the story of our nation’s livestock heritage to print

An Evening With Oscar Wilde (and a Certain Rob Titchener)

Timothy Watson is the gorgeous-voiced actor who’ll be appearing at Chipping Campden Literature Festival this month. He’s a familiar figure from film, from TV screens and theatre, and from Radio 4 plays. And Katie Jarvis might just get round to asking him about his most famous role to date – as the Archers’ arch-villain, Rob Titchener.

Clover Growing Wild

One moment can change your path forever. Katie Jarvis spoke to Clover Stroud - who will be appearing at the Bath Festival: May 19-28 - about her life-changing experience.

Fun For All the Family

Three Counties Showground, June 16-18

A Garden With No End

Strong design underpins a garden of surprises.

The Doctor won't see you now

‘The imminent retirement of my much-loved GP is outrageous and deeply unfair. I don’t care if he deserves some time off’

Market Forces

Improving Cirencester’s appeal as a classic market town has been 50 years in the planning and is at last coming to fruition, as Tracy Spiers explains.

What A Difference A Year Makes

It’s been 12 months of dust and disturbance as Emma Samms renovated her Cotswold home, but was it worth it? You bet it was!

The Best In Retirement Living

The award-winning Richmond Villages launch a new £40 million retirement village, Richmond Wood Norton, near Evesham this month.

Twice As Nice

A pair of unusual stone houses that offer significant potential.

Christmas Spa-Rkle!

Cheltenham’s Montpellier area sprang to life with the discovery of its natural springs in the 19th century, and now it’s a vibrant shopping, drinking and dining destination.

Starting The Christmas Countdown

Traditionally, the winter months were the quietest season for farmers - but no more!

Lost In The Mists Of Time

Little is known of the Battle of Radcot Bridge, but this seemingly insignificant skirmish Little is known of the Battle of Radcot Bridge, but this seemingly insignificant skirmish decreed how England would be ruled for the next decade. decreed how England would be ruled for the next decade.

Bring On The Body Magic

‘The constant travelling and eating out (such a hardship, I know) meant many of my meals were out of my control. Something had to give; and I wasn’t going to let it be my trousers’

So Has The Queen Of Mean​​​​​​​ Mellowed?

Journalist, author and TV presenter Anne Robinson is heading back to our TV screens. Marianne Sweet visited her Costwold home to find out more - and to hear about her support for local libraries.

A Walk On The Wild Side

The day a case of mistaken identity nearly resulted in a trip to the police station.

On Patrol With The Countryside's Copper

Rural crime costs the country millions every year; but what exactly are the problems that landowners and farm-workers face, and what is being done to counteract them? Katie Jarvis joined PC Ashley Weller, Cotswold’s rural crime officer, on patrol.

Festive Fellowship For Four-Legged Friends

The Cotswolds Dogs & Cats Home’s wonderful Christmas Celebration is returning to Painswick next month.

Fresh Talent Springs From An Old Soul

Katie Jarvis talks to Kandace Springs about her headline gig at the upcoming Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Call the Fashion Police

Who on earth thought we might like to be treated to an up close and personal tour of a stranger’s armpit hair – not to mention a glimpse of nipple when they lean forward?

Pigs Might Fly

I felt like a bit of a fraud. I had joined all these Kune-Kune owner forums and had been passing myself off as something that I wasn’t

Making waves in open water

I have never been a strong swimmer.

Who took the Rook?

Most farmers would agree that there’s very little to beat the taste of a hot, nourishing pie for supper after a hard day’s work in the fields.

Loving The Alien

Artist George Underwood is a creator of fantastical people and mythological beings who inhabit a world of his creating. Candia McKormack talked to him about his life in art and music, and his enduring friendship with David Bowie.

Plunging Into Elsewhere

Magic is in the air, says Sue Limb, as Stroud Book Festival returns to the Shire.

A Farmer And His Dog

In his latest book, Cotswold farmer and TV personality Adam Henson explores the relationship between farmers and their dogs. In this exclusive extract, we hear how his father Joe relied on his dogs’ ability to know instinctively what was expected of them.

The Medieval Skyscraper

When Derek Taylor goes to the village of Deerhurst near Tewkesbury to investigate one of England’s oldest and finest Saxon churches, he’s in for a few shocks.

The Beauty Of Bespoke

Chris Baylis, principal of Oxfordshire-based makers The Real Wood Furniture Company, waxes lyrical about commissioning a bespoke piece of furniture.

At Home With Farmer Giles

Katie Jarvis meets Giles Coren, Times columnist and restaurant critic, and discovers a) his Cotswold home is quite hard to find b) his lawn tractor is quite hard to start and c) he isn’t especially angry at all (but actually quite pleasing).