Lifestyle Archive
(August 2021)

25 August 2021

Go wild in the country

Fresh air and fun will continue to be the mantra in the coming season. Go green, go quilted, go faux fur, go neutral knits! Wrapping up warm for that winter country stroll doesn’t mean leaving your fashion sense at home. Here we have some of the themes which have dominated the catwalks for A/W21. Main Read more…

Royal Crown Derby paperweights

By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer. Royal Crown Derby paperweights combine history, tradition and collectability. The history of Derby Porcelain goes back to the mid-18th century. The company was one of the first to market commemorative wares when in 1761 they produced a piece for the coronation of King George III. In 1890 Read more…

Celebrating a major milestone

Steffie Shields highlights the work of Lincolnshire Gardens Trust. Three cheers for Lincolnshire Gardens Trust, first founded in 1995! The Covid virus pandemic, amongst other much more serious consequences, put paid to its 25th birthday celebrations. However, last month, thanks to the kind hospitality of the charity’s president Annetta Turner, and her husband Simon, both Read more…

A perfect rural blend of tradition and style

The Old Granary has been transformed into a stunning stone and slate barn conversion home, ideal for families in search of a classic country lifestyle with the bonus of additional income opportunities. Set at the end of a quiet, tree lined driveway in the rural hamlet of Ashby de la Launde, near Sleaford, The Old Read more…

17 August 2021

Spanish and Portuguese Wine Evening

During an evening of warm summer sunshine, guests at Doddington Hall’s Wine Shop were introduced to a selection of 10 exciting wines, ports and sherry from Spain and Portugal. Two knowledgeable wine ambassadors from Liberty Wines, Mary Wright and Kate McFruin, were hosts for the evening; as a Sogrape Iberia Estates Ambassador, Mary shared her Read more…

16 August 2021

Saleroom gets all steamed up

By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer. The auction saleroom is not normally recognised as a place for letting off steam. Cool heads and steady bidding usually prevail in the auction duel. At a recent Toy, Transport and Automobilia auction held at the Bourne saleroom, of the 560 lots on offer five certainly got Read more…

Spotting magical shape-shifters

Caroline Bingham visited Brightwater Gardens, Saxby, to see the wildflower meadows that are home to eight species of British orchids. It is more than five years since I last caught up with Chris Neave and Jonathan Cartwright in their magical, eight-acre, garden of ‘rooms’. With their collie dog leading the way, we took the opportunity, Read more…

13 August 2021

Cupcakes and fizz!

Steffie Shields meets Plant Heritage’s latest new collector, Jonathan Sheppard. A quiet, country lane on the outskirts of Brant Broughton leads to a remarkable, nationally important plot of land, due to be filmed this month by a BBC Gardeners’ World camera crew. Ten years ago, Jonathan Sheppard, a political lobbyist, and his Newark-born wife Julie, Read more…

Find your dream designer home at The Hollies

The Hollies in Sturton by Stow is part of an exclusive development of five stunning new homes built by local craftsmen and set within a much sought after edge of village location. Ideally situated in an attractive semi-rural village location on the eastern edge of Sturton by Stow, The Hollies offers a rare opportunity to Read more…