Lifestyle Archive
(July 2025)

31 July 2025

Heckington Show 2025

After early rain on Saturday morning, Heckington Show 2025 delivered plenty of family fun, classes for the judges to consider and live entertainment. Always well supported was the 10 mile road race and grass track cycling. New for this year were children’s races. On the Lincolnshire Life and Downtown stand there were giveaways for the Read more…

18 July 2025

140th Lincolnshire Show

Brilliant sunshine for both days welcomed record crowds to the Showground at Grange de Lings near Lincoln for the 140th Lincolnshire Show. HRH Princess Anne visited the first day of the Show and the Red Arrows provided a spectacular flypast. Lincolnshire Life welcomed our partners Downtown and Skendleby Hall to the stand with their fabulous Read more…

Lots go off with a bang

By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer. There was no missing the target when five pistols recently came up for auction. Although the likelihood that these lots will ever be fired again is remote, they certainly found their mark at the saleroom. First to be aimed was a Georgian flintlock sea service long pistol Read more…

The August Tree

Steffie Shields focuses on the rowan tree for clues on expected yields as harvest time approaches. The traditional harvest season, an obvious concern to farming families and businesses, is helpfully heralded when nature deigns to offer positive signs of ripening. One wonders therefore, in 2025, will such hints of yield be considerably earlier than usual? Read more…

An elegant family home

Elmtree House is a spacious, well designed village house which has been lovingly renovated to include architectural flair with meticulous attention to detail. A magnificent seven-bedroom Grade II-listed residence, Elmtree House in Long Bennington blends contemporary luxury with period features, providing clues to its past as a candlemaker’s premises. This stunning home, which has been Read more…

17 July 2025

“Everything is planted with a suitcase!”

Steffie Shields meets horticulturalist Claire Rasell, a passionate plantswoman with an artist’s eye. I bless the day I first crossed Rasell’s Nurseries threshold in Little Bytham, and now drop by on a regular basis. What a delight to chat recently to Claire Rasell about her work, which I increasingly admire. She stems from a generation Read more…

Idyllic farmhouse in rural hamlet

Old Hall Farm in Great Steeping is a picturesque period country home in a peaceful rural location. As a much-loved family home for more than 85 years, Old Hall Farm has been at the centre of traditional Lincolnshire farming life for the Coupland family and has seen many generations enjoy living and working in this Read more…