Period dramas have us drooling over English historic houses of a grand and, often, ostentatious type, some lived in by generations of the same family, others conserved by venerable institutions like English Heritage and the National Trust.

Carol O’Callaghan peruses some of the recent publications that might provide you with ideas for your own home, as well as satisfying your curiosity about what other people have in theirs.

Having finished third of the three teams in last year’s inaugural FEI Eventing Nations Cup at Ballindenisk, the Irish will be bidding for improvement this weekend, writes John Tynan.

WE constantly seek happiness.