The countryside is calling. Already palpable before the pandemic, interest in the exciting possibilities of rural living has now grown beyond what many of us could ever have imagined. Turning away ...

Labour has relaxed building rules in a bid to hit its target of 1.5 million new homes by the end of the Parliament. Most of the homes set to be built on Labour’s grey belt will be constructed on ...

More than 40% of Chinese people still live in the country's vast, rural countryside. The Communist Party wants to modernize the villages by force and rebuild them completely. China's population has ...