This week's Country Life features some brilliant gardens, houses for sale, a special feature on our native moths, recipes with gooseberries and we celebrate the joys of the gin and tonic
Making a modern garden Tom Stuart-Smith reveals the challenges he faced when transforming a farmyard and field into a modern country garden for a client at Hatch House in Hampshire
Our wonderful moths They may not be considered as beguiling and romantic as butterflies, but we should look at moths in a new light, suggests David Tomlinson
An Irish country house At Kilshannig in Co Cork, a disgraced Quaker and a foreign architect together created an unexpectedly splendid house to woo an Irish electorate, as Judith Hill reveals
G&T anyone? Upgrade your G&T to a whole new level this summer: Emma Hughes spends an evening blending her own gin and Katy Birchall meets the duo behind Fever-Tree tonic
Houses near prep schools Choose the prep school, then the house, advises Carla Passino, or you could miss out on a place
Fine Art As this dazzling focus on Celtic art moves to Edinburgh following its success at the British Museum, Barnaby Rogerson discovers it’s better still
Food & Drink Delicious recipes with gooseberries
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If the future of Ferrari is electric vehicles, then it is our future tooIt's widely believed that Ferrari will unveil its first electric car this year. It's the signal that the internal combustion era is coming to an end.
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Gaze over Cap Ferrat in this four-bedroom French villaIgnore the wind and the rain. Imagine yourself in this hillside home with some of the best views the Mediterranean can offer.
