Capability Brown
A walled garden in Suffolk yields up its secrets
When Olivia Laing began restoring the former property of a garden designer, she had no idea of the beauty that lay hidden by rampant weeds
How 18th-century gardeners ordered their plants after a great storm, a terrible drought and ‘a little ice age’
I hesitate ever to criticise an author for the inappropriateness of a book’s title, since it’s more likely the fault…
William Kent was an ideas man - the Damien Hirst of the 18th century
How important is William Kent (1685–1748)? He’s not exactly a household name and yet this English painter and architect, apprenticed…
England’s 100 best Views, by Simon Jenkins - review
Sam Leith is transported by the finest scenery in England
