After the turkey, chocolates and mince pies comes lusciously escapist TV and this year, for country house lovers, the outstanding...

Perhaps we can look forward to a day when red squirrels bring their charm once more to every part of the country but it needs the vigilance

It’s Napoleon’s birthday! Light the candles this 15 August. Why is this important? Because, in Britain, we are still just a little bit obses

Elizabeth I employed eight men to beat her furs all day to make sure they didn’t get chomped. More specifically, in 1598 it took six men fo

Interesting that the University of Cambridge is investigating its links with slavery. Are they hoping to be exonerated by the fact that...

I heard an amusing story this week about the way English Heritage now organise their services. Our house had a chilly morning yesterday,...

It’s British Science Week and I have just been sent an image of a microscope that set me thinking. The microscope is at Farringford House...

I’ve been writing about miniatures recently for Historic Houses. Seek out the exhibition ‘Elizabethan Treasures’ at the National Portrait...

Do you notice whether you go in through the front door or some sort of grotty back entrance when you turn up at a historic house or...

Love costume drama? You are spoilt for choice in 2019 and several costume dramas are a hot ticket in this awards season. Why do we like...