Isabel Bannerman shares her thoughts on making a garden that makes people feel at home.

The guildhall built as a symbol of Coventry's 14th-century prosperity and self-government has recently undergone restoration.

Is it Elvis? Is it Queen Elizabeth II? Is it Gary Lineker? No, it's an eight-year-old girl called Carole and a terrifying ...

Plum Sykes’s semi-fictional 'Wives Like Us' — the author's sort of satirical take on life in the Cotswolds — reads like a death knell to normalcy, but there are quiet pockets, free from private ...

Three of the top 10 operas performed worldwide are by the emotionally volatile Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, who died a ...

Cuts to our cultural institutions will only save a minimal amount of money, but could do a significant amount of harm.

Results from the most recent Big Butterfly Count show an ecosystem in serious decline, according to nature charity Butterfly ...

Forcing people back to the office reeks of management insecurity, and tracking them on their computers is Orwellian. What ...

The flamboyant flowers of pelargoniums, such as ‘Appleblossom Rosebud’, will light up the garden throughout the summer.

Jousting in castles? Falconry demonstrations? That's all fine, says Athena, as long as people don't forget about the real ...

The anticipation of cheerful spring bulbs can keep the gardener going through the dull winter months. John Hoyland advises on ...

Historic jewellery firm Hancocks, now in its new St James’s home, specialises in old-cut diamonds pieces that gleam and turn ...