A big headache

With Migraine Awareness Week taking place in September, we look at what’s being done to clear our heads

Sewing The Seeds Of A Cottage Industry

How one Cotswold gardener turned a hobby into a business

Is This The Perfect Village?

Chris Smith visits charming Ilmington, which earned a place in the Sunday Times’ Best Places to Live guide.

Weathering the perfect storm

There were sighs of relief at Berkeley Castle as the doors reopened to visitors last month. But the barren weeks of lockdown didn’t stop bills from piling up for a 700-year-old building that simply eats money. So how are historic house-owners coping? Katie Jarvis spoke to Charles Berkeley

Music to our EARS

The city of Worcester is reawakening after her Covid-induced slumber, and is now ready to welcome back visitors

RELIGHT A FIRE

It’s time to bring out the barbie – and here are some old favourites with a tasty new twist

Keeping the WAGONS ROLLING

There’s gold in them there hills! Katie Jarvis meets the man responsible for the honey-coloured gravel on our driveways

How SWEDE it is

Swedish influences are much in evidence in Caroline and Simon’s Cheltenham home

Bringing the BUZZ back to TETBURY

Traders are optimistic that the town will thrive despite everything that life throws at it

Bradshaw in my back pocket

Our very own Michael Portillo arms himself with an 1863 Bradshaw and tackles the Cotswold Line, from Oxford to Worcester

A stitch in time

A collection of vintage dress patterns provided the inspiration for Sarah Steele’s latest novel

The Mystery Of Megan

‘We might be working under lockdown, but animals still need the same level of attention’

Life After Covid-19

Sam Butler of the Cotswolds property specialist, Butler Sherborn says that people are already reappraising what’s important in life once Covid-19 passes

The healing power of art

Although this year’s Broadway Arts Festival has inevitably been cancelled, there’s still much to inspire, entertain and encourage artists and art-lovers alike in the virtual festival

Working from home

Your next career move might just lie in your humble abode...

THE FARMING YEAR-summer

We’ve been following the life of a Cotswold farm throughout the seasons. Now, as the earth warms up, it’s time for a new bull, picking fruit from the orchard, and looking forward to the spring barley harvest

Shop local, Spend local

Modern-day Malmesbury has a positive vision of the future and innovative plans to boost the town’s economy as the lockdown is lifted

Tales of TWO WOODLANDS

Whether you manage five acres or 4,000 acres of woodland, balancing commercial and environmental concerns is crucial to a sustainable future, Siân Ellis discovers

The good life

There’s never been a better time to discover your green fingers and have a go at growing your own fruit and vegetables

In search of The ARCHERS

How a Worcestershire village came to claim the role of the ‘real’ Ambridge

CORNER

Did you know that the two most biodiverse places in your home are your gut and your compost bin? If you even have a compost bin… If you do, then it’s time to join UCL’s Big Compost Experiment, says Professor Mark Miodownik. And if you don’t, then it’s definitely time to celebrate the ‘miracle’ that is compost! Katie Jarvis spoke to Mark about his work, his life – and how to save the earth

Best-laid plans

March was due to be a busy month for Nick Symondson but things didn’t go quite as expected...

‘If I hadn't been born, Boris probably wouldn't be PM'

Rachel Johnson’s book, Rake’s Progress, about her ill-fated attempt to be elected as a pro-Remain MEP for Change UK is hilarious, wise, and (at times) a knowingly hide-behind-the-sofa cringe. Katie Jarvis caught up with her in lockdown to ask life’s important questions. Such as, has she managed a haircut yet?

The smoked salmon is under the Canaletto

Paul Edwards, a former History master at Rendcomb College, has some delightful memories of cricket – and its characters – at the school

The Howse Which Was So Faire

Christopher Smith delves into the mysterious history of Campden House and the man who built it

The healing powers of CHELTENHAM

Generations of visitors came to recuperate in the spa town’s beneficial waters. Now it’s our own High Street that needs care and attention, says Tracy Spiers

Tales of the RIVERBANK

Tracy Spiers took a trip before lockdown to one of England’s most beautiful towns

Bridging the gap

‘WI members are very busy with sewing machines producing scrubs and scrub bags for those working in the care sector’

PLAY ON!

Our beloved Cheltenham Festivals have been put on hold during the coronavirus crisis – but they’re as busy as ever! Their creative education work has been providing solace for young and old alike during lockdown. July is traditionally Cheltenham Music Festival month: Katie Jarvis spoke with Ali Mawle, the festivals’ director of learning and public engagement, about how we can all benefit from their work

Guy of Warwick and the Dun Cow

The tales of two of Warwickshire’s most famous legendary figures and their calamitous clash on Dunsmore Heath