Many of the UK’s butterflies are under threat but, thanks to Butterfly Conservation, it is not all doom and gloom. Deirdre Shields is all of a flutter.
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The Cat & Custard Pot
One of the pleasures of being of a certain age is seasoned friendships and familiar landscapes. Since the early 1970s, when I stayed often as a schoolboy on a farm…
Car mascots: when they ruled the road
What defines the most luxurious car in the world? The Rolls-Royce boasts unrivalled build quality, of course, with an eye-watering price tag to match. It is hefty and has a…
Rewarding and reprimanding dogs: how to do it correctly
How do we deal with our dogs? Dogs get left in the back corridor or chucked in the kennels and it’s only when they start barking that we rush out…
Studley Royal North Yorkshire
Hunting has the famous coverts of Cream Gorse, John Ball and Ranksborough Gorse to name but a few of many historic landmarks whose name quickens the pulse of thrusters throughout…
Cothelstone Manor
Finding a weekend date that 14 friends can all make is tricky enough; finding a house that meets everyone’s requirements is even harder. Salvation arrived in the form of Cothelstone…
Burghley Champion Rosalind Canter celebrates her new plaque on Winners’ Avenue
Rosalind (Ros) Canter arrived to unveil her commemorative plaque and brought along her baby Seneh, with whom she was pregnant at the time of her victory last year. She was…
Croquet: a quintessential part of a British summer
The Great Exhibition of 1851 saw a dazzling variety of inventions shown to the public for the first time, from flushing toilets and waterproof watches to Samuel Colt’s Navy revolver.…
How to barbecue game
Knowing how to barbecue game is an essential skill for those of us who shoot (because we should all eat what we shoot). (Find Philippa’s favourite barbecue recipes here.) How…
Lord Lonsdale
Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, was born in 1857. He was the second son of Colonel Henry Lowther and Emily Caulfeild, who was the daughter of St George Caulfeild…