Margaret Willes
Margaret Willes’s most recent book is The Curious World of Samuel Pepys & John Evelyn (Yale University Press).
A thoughtful old-fashioned rambler
George Orwell’s gardening prowess comes as a surprise
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
Food for thought
Is it worth trapping the squirrels in my London garden?
Too measured for its own good
Lukas Foss: 1st symphony &c (Naxos)
Repent, Richard Holden
The Conservative Party needs to hold itself to account
Reasons to be cheerful
Ten things that are wonderful about British racing
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
The renovation of the Heal’s Building
Londoners are sentimental about the early-twentieth-century Tottenham Court Road store, Heal’s