Our spectator columnist fondly remembers his days of mudlarking, a practice he claims mostly unique to the rolling waters of our country's rivers and coastline, where tides are some of the fiercest in the world.
Garsington Opera and Hartwell House are both celebrating their 30th anniversaries – and we've teamed up with them to offer this spectacular prize for you and a companion.
We've rounded up all the utterly inessential products that you absolutely do not need (top hats for Ascot aside) to enjoy this summers season of festivals, shows and races. This week: Chelsea Flower Show.
'His dextrous manipulation of colours conjures up the intoxicating “smell” of live theatre, creating a world more desirable than ever in this isolated digital age.'
'There is compassion, awe, humility, a knowing yet a questioning in the glistening eyes. It moves me, it inspires me beyond the need to know.’
The mysterious French artist Pierre Bonnard is the focus of a new exhibition at Tate Modern. Lilias Wigan went along.
Mr Hamilton was a chef working at London's crème de la crème when he discovered a talent that would shape the rest of his life: the all but extinct world of ice sculpting.
Affectionately called 'the woodcock of the sea', red mullet is a fish to be prized. Thank Simon Hopkinson for this marvellous recipe.
In his 1954 book The Pebbles on the Beach, Clarence Ellis shared his passion for the simple pleasure of pebble-hunting. In this extract, he details picks out some of the most common natural treasures you'll find on our shores and notes what they might look like after polishing. llustrations by Eleanor Crow.
Steven Desmond tells the beautiful tale of the author and painter who continues to delight British people of all ages with her delicate works.
A new exhibition shows how modern technology has pushed landscape photography to undreamt-of levels, as the magnificent images on this page show.
Tessa Waugh meets one of the few remaining people who make these traditional boats.
An idyllic 'chocolate box' cottage is an achievable dream on almost any budget – even if you need to be within an hour or so of London. All these places tick those boxes in style.
The RHS has announced the gold medallists for the 2018 Chelsea Flower Show.
