Surrey Life
TOWN & COUNTRY: Dorking & Abinger Hammer
A perfect launchpad into the Surrey Hills, Dorking has long been celebrated for its antiques shops but has increasingly made its name as a food and drink hub in recent years. Here are just a few of the reasons you should think about exploring
5 min |
March 2020
Derbyshire Life
The Egret has landed
Paul Hobson tells the heartening account of the survival and return to our shores of a bird whose beautiful plumage once resulted in its downfall
4 min |
March 2020
Surrey Life
STRIKING THE RIGHT NOTE
Claire Saul visits the extraordinary Cobbe Collection atHatchlands Park, where a piano once played by Beethoven stars at his 250th anniversary celebration this month
3 min |
March 2020
Cotswold Life
The house with two names
The Old Dairy or the Old Farmhouse? Renovating this former workshop was’t a simple project
4 min |
March 2020
Derbyshire Life
Spirit of the game
Wheathills has recently completed an intricate sculpture – commissioned by Dr Dallas Burston who turned up the ball for the Royal Shrovetide Match in 2017 – which captures the essence of the game
8 min |
March 2020
Surrey Life
Sandy Shores
Simone Hellyer explores the sandy shores of Le Touquet and discovers a long history of English influence at the popular French seaside resort
4 min |
March 2020
Cotswold Life
The Farming Year Spring
SPRING It’s the most exciting and busy time of the year on Whittington Lodge farm, and daughter Steph’s thoughts are already turning to the future
8 min |
March 2020
Derbyshire Life
Lea Hurst
As we approach the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale this May, Peter Kay – the owner and restorer of her family home in Derbyshire – talks to Pat Ashworth
6 min |
March 2020
Surrey Life
MUMMA KNOWS BEST
Melissa Hemsley is known for championing sustainable and feel-good food with minimal waste. She talks to Holly Louise Eells about how this ‘Eat Green’ ethos, passed down from her mother, has inspired her new cookbook
3 min |
March 2020
Cotswold Life
Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be a National Treasure
Don’t be afraid of failure. Don’t appear on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here. And never, ever dance on a giant piano after a hip operation. Matthew Kelly imparts pearls of wisdom to Katie Jarvis
9 min |
March 2020
Derbyshire Life
PICTURING THE PAST
A definitive guide to the fascinating history of one of the county’s most popular villages – Matlock Bath: A Perfectly Romantic Place – has just been published
5 min |
March 2020
Surrey Life
HOLMES is where the heart is
Never one to shy away from showing his feelings, particularly when on screen with his wife, Ruth Langsford, Eamonn Holmes is one of daytime TV’s most loveable characters. Here he opens up to Brendan Bale about his love for Surrey and why he wouldn’t want to live anywhere else
4 min |
March 2020
Cotswold Life
The blossoming of Kiftsgate
Kiftsgate Court Gardens, in the North Cotswolds, are famous for their rampant rose – the largest in England. But there’s so much more to these horticultural masterpieces, created by three generations of women, as Katie Jarvis discovered. She spoke to Anne Chambers, current owner guardian; and to Vanessa Berridge, author of a book marking the gardens’ centenary
10 min |
March 2020
Derbyshire Life
Picture Perfect Derbyshire
A selection of stunning county sights photographed by Ashley Franklin
5 min |
March 2020
Surrey Life
Golden sunshine
It’s that time again when drifts of daffodils burst into bloom turning their cheerful faces to the light and welcoming spring visitors to gardens across Surrey
4 min |
March 2020
Cotswold Life
Spring Comes to the Secret Garden
Hidden away behind Lydney Park is a magical secret garden.
6 min |
March 2020
Derbyshire Life
On golden pond
Ponds encourage many exciting new visitors to your garden and are a great way to take a peek at even more species! Nick Brown, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s Wildlife Enquiries Officer, tells us more about his own pond and how to build your own
2 min |
March 2020
Surrey Life
6 SENSATIONAL SPAS
Surrey has been named one of the best destinations for health and wellbeing in the UK so it’s no surprise that the county has some top notch spas. We pick our favourites
4 min |
March 2020
Cotswold Life
Making Moreton
Katie B Morgan takes us on a day trip to Moreton-inMarsh, while also giving an insight into how she puts together her brilliant maps!
2 min |
March 2020
Derbyshire Life
Holding on to CLEAR BLUE WATER
Andrew Griffiths wades into the Darley Dale headquarters of Peak UK, an award-winning kayaking equipment designer, and manufacturer, to find out the secrets of its success
7 min |
March 2020
Cotswold Life
Finding greatness
Following his February glimpse into what makes great art, Fresh: Art Fair co-founder Anthony Wardle tells us how to find ‘greatness’ at the Fair this April
3 min |
March 2020
Derbyshire Life
From CYCLE RACING to UPCYCLING
Triple Olympic medal winner and British Road Racing Champion Rob Hayles has turned his attention to ‘Carbon Concepts’, creating bespoke cycling-inspired items from his Peak District home. Mike Smith reports
5 min |
March 2020
Cotswold Life
Love tames an unruly tortoise
How Nibbles stopped being a shell-suited hooligan
3 min |
March 2020
Derbyshire Life
CHESTERFIELD Derbyshire's ‘second city'
A great history and splendid modern developments are creating an exciting place to live and visit
1 min |
March 2020
Cotswold Life
CLOSE to the EDGE
Rob Collins is one of those rare artists who, in a few instinctive brush strokes, captures the breathtaking beauty of the Gloucestershire countryside WORDS:
3 min |
March 2020
Derbyshire Life
Between two summits
Mike Smith discovers superb accommodation and great places to eat and drink in the Blackbrook Valley between Eccles Pike and Chinley Churn
5 min |
March 2020
Cotswold Life
Building dreams & thriving businesses
From “surfing on horseback” to precision farming: grant programmes like Cotswolds LEADER help rural economies to flourish, Siân Ellis speaks to one grant recipient
4 min |
March 2020
Yorkshire Life
Lure of a liveaboard
Life on the waterways and the tranquility of a slow-paced existence. Robbie Cummings has made a career from living on his narrowboat, and found love on Yorkshire’s canals
5 min |
March 2020
The Oldie Magazine
…And the oldie way
Being past your sexual ‘prime’ doesn’t mean you lose your appetite for sex. Far from it, says Florence Walker
3 min |
March 2020
Yorkshire Life
MASCARA ON THE MOORS
False eyelashes, ragged leggings, sheep to feed and nine children to tend. We join Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Livingston-Owen on the farm
8 min |