Whether you’re seeking an active break with a chance to meet new people, or a tranquil bolthole to get away from it all, ...

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Anna Cox’s joyful fusion of modern country charm and colourful bohemian style feels right at home in the Cotswolds ...

This cold dessert made with layers of ladyfingers, fruit and flavoured cream, is believed to be named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III The Homes & Antiques team comprises some of the ...

Whether you know it as the real Downton Abbey or as one of England’s most fascinating heritage properties, you truly understand Highclere Castle when you see it through the eyes of its owners. H&A ...

For all the sensible items bought at auction – a valuable piece of jewellery, crockery to complete your collection, perhaps a rare coin – there’s the occasional curveball that’s equal parts weird and ...

'Everything here is for sale,’ says Birgit Niehaus of her 150-year-old thatched farmhouse in Germany’s picturesque Lower Saxony region. Everything, that is, apart from the fridge, cooker and, in a way ...

A skilfully painted nesting bird in jewel colours perches daintily on a tree, surrounded by dark purple bell-shaped flowers that glitter with inlaid mother-of-pearl shards. This beautiful design ...

Lizzie Gordon’s home may be located in a picturesque Cotswolds village, yet its interior is anything but rural. Instead, she’s taken inspiration from 1930s Hollywood regency and imbued it with a sense ...