Your aesthetic hero John’s Patmos home is available to rent via Villa Collective. (Image credit: Villa Collective) John Stefanidis’ Greek homes have always massively inspired me — they’re so beautifully layered, classic and unexpected all at once. He himself is incredible dapper too. A book you’ve found inspiring I mostly read fiction and always finish … Read more
A letter? A letter? What is this — 1897 (Editor’s note: incidentally, this is when Country Life was first published)? Do I have to cycle to the post box on a penny farthing? Ahem, no it’s not, and no you don’t. There are various occasions now when you can get away with a thank you … Read more
Imagine climbing Mount Everest four times. That’s what walking the South West Coast Path (SWCP) is equivalent to. It is not then, you would think, a great idea for someone who has been diagnosed with Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD) — a rare terminal illness — but it didn’t faze Moth Winn, supported, both emotionally and physically, … Read more