‘It is as though you’ve come to your friends’ house in the country. You can leave your muddy boots in the hall and put your feet up and enjoy yourself here.' In the country living room, the couple ...

If ever there was a man practically qualified for inheriting a country house, it is Matt Kinloch. A plumber by trade, his ...

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing. p. 1. This is the first full-length critical study of country house entertainment, a genre central to late Elizabethan politics. It shows how ...