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The roads most travelled
The ghosts of drovers and their herds can still be felt in ancient churches and old pubs. Gavin Plumley follows their winding ways
The remains of the day
Dusk, dimpsy, an ephemeral time, when the owl and badger emerge: twilight has a special magic, says John Lewis-Stempel
Happy to be in the soup
Tom Parker Bowles is always ready to tuck into a hearty bowl of bouillabaisse or borscht
Sweeping statements
Old snowdrops are enhanced by snowy new plantings at Benington Lordship, Hertford-shire, finds Kathryn Bradley-Hole
Eat your new greens
Tantalise your taste buds with agretti, salsify and Good King Henry, suggests Mark Diacono
Kate Mavor’s favourite painting
The chief executive of English Heritage picks a regal portrait
Of Constable and clouds
Fiona Reynolds embraces the rain on a walk past Flatford Mill
Masterpiece
Jack Watkins admires Geoffrey Grigson’s whimsy-free writing in The Shell Country Alphabet
Ancestral Modernism
Old and new are imaginatively blended in the Dalrymples’ Leuchie Walled Garden, East Lothian, discovers Mary Miers
Native breeds
The dark woolly coats and sweet white faces of Herdwick sheep enchant Kate Green
The fork in the road
The ubiquitous fork is a remarkably recent addition to our tables, explains Matthew Dennison
Interiors
Wood-burning stoves are cleaner and cosier than ever
That’s got my bird name written all over it
Old French, confusion, Gaelic, lilting song or clumsy movement: the reasons for avian names are legion, reveals Derek Turner
The good stuff
Time for tartan, says Hetty Lintell, as Burns Night approaches
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If heaven is on earth, it might be in this home with a converted chapel that is now a swimming pool5 Wood Barton Town House is part of an exclusive 80-acre development in Devon that also comes with fishing rights on the River Avon and four bedrooms.
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An Italian-inspired recipe for lemon-butter pasta shells with spring greens, ricotta and pangrattatoSpring greens are just about to come into their own, so our Kitchen Garden columnist reveals exactly what to do with them.
