When my husband Pete suggested a few years ago that we move to Washington DC, where he had started spending a long time working, the first thing I felt when I thought about leaving our cluttered, colorful kitchen in Oxfordshire was acute. homesickness. My safety, my identity, and my heart were built into the walls … Read more
Minister Lovell is a pretty chocolate box town in the Cotswolds – John Lawrence The Cotswolds are no strangers to attention. The rural region, which was awarded National Landscape status in 1966, has long been a ‘bucket list’ destination for many travellers; the golden villages and stone-walled fields are the epitome of British rural romance. … Read more
(Corinne Titcomb/Unsplash) The army of Londoners who decided they wanted out during the pandemic made Oxfordshire – and especially the Cotswolds – one of Britain’s hottest property hotspots in 2021 and 2022. Its smart market towns and beautiful country villages were seen by many as the ultimate antidote to life in lockdown London, and prices … Read more