Lifestyle Archive
(February 2023)

20 February 2023

A decade of the finest country clothing

Doddington Country Clothing celebrates the 10th anniversary of its launch. Quality, style and the great outdoors work hand in hand across the Doddington Estate, so it was a natural next step in 2013 to create the store which stocks a hand-picked selection of leading UK and European country wear brands. Trusted namesShop manager Carol was Read more…

Old technology at auction

By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer. While auctions keep evolving with the use of modern technology, most of the chattels offered are firmly of the past and some might consider them out of date. Golding Young & Mawer offered over 57,000 lots for auction last year which included a small array of old Read more…

Marvellous magenta!

Steffie Shields explains how this year’s in-vogue Pantone colour can add pizzazz to our gardens. One single, award-winning corm planted four autumns ago, a radiating miniature winter-flowering Cyclamen coum, has been quietly naturalising, in among snowdrops and hellebores, enlivening the view from our family room window. Now a small patch, with rounded, heart-shaped leaves, these Read more…

Beautiful rural barn conversion

Set in a picturesque rural location close to Lincoln, The Barn and Granary has been lovingly converted into a magnificent family home. This magnificent, substantial barn conversion at Branston Lodge Farm in Branston Booths lies just six miles east of Lincoln in a much sought after location. The main barn was converted in 2004 to Read more…