It’s always dramatic when you leave London for a spell in the English countryside. In the English countryside, people still say hello. Trees are tall and knowing. The old as well as young work the ...

Nothing quite like an escape to the English or Scottish countryside — think abundance of freshly baked scones, swatch upon swatch of green fields, and the best dry humor you’ll ever experience.

Conservative myths about the English countryside have made it an exclusionary haven of right-wing ideology. Can we discern anything more meaningful, substantial, and in keeping with modern reality in ...