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Often the most stunning gardens will be set against the backdrop of a historical building or monument

Imber, in Wiltshire, was home to 152 residents before they were called to the school village on a wintry night in November 1943 and told to evacuate within six weeks

Kate and Wills took their three children George, Charlotte and Louis on a break in August 2020 to the pretty island, famed for its stunning white sand beaches and turquoise waters

MONROVIA – Growing up in the Brisbane Road, Moulton Corner, Virginia and other communities in Brewersville was a sense of joy for children, who have turned adults but the Liberian civil war, which destroyed every fabric of the society, didn’t spare B

Clare Foster discovers the delights of Tresco in the Scilly Isles and makes a pilgrimage to the historic Abbey Garden that lies at the heart of this magical island

The Scillies are a throwback to the Cornwall of the 1950s, writes Dominic Midgley, but with all the conveniences of the modern world... and Tresco is one of the most charming islands.

Plants from all over the world flourish at Tresco Abbey Gardens, thanks to the unusually warm climate Tom Parker A flicker of wings catches my eye, darting through the small churchyard before alighting on a lichen-laced tombstone, a distinctive red tail bobbing up and down. This delicate black redstart has recently arrived from Eastern Europe – here, like so many unexpected plants and animals on this exotic archipelago, for the mild climate. I am on Tresco, the second biggest of the low-lyi...