The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 5.5% from 5.75%. This is the first time interest rates have been cut in 2 years. Interest rates have risen five times since the middle of last year, but the Bank had kept rates on hold since July. The Bank has been keen to keep price growth under control, and many analysts had predicted that they would want to see oil and food cost pressures abate before moving to lower interest rates. However, reports from Nationwide and Halifax this week have shown falling house prices and a slump in consumer confidence.
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Brockfield Hall, the great Yorkshire house that's gone from Regency mansion to modern family homeBrockfield Hall in North Yorkshire is the family home of Charlie Wood and Hatta Byng, editor of House & Garden, who have transformed it since they came here in 2020, winning multiple awards in the process. John Martin Robinson reports on the restoration project that revived this compact Regency house as a modern family home. Photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life.
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Barbour’s heritage jackets get a floral makeover courtesy of ErdemUtilitarian outwear has taken the fashion world by storm and now Britain's world-famous wax jackets are getting in on the act, inspired by some of our greatest countryside icons.
