The resilient, low-maintenance plant with a primordial pedigree (250mn years) is being reappreciated for its ability to temper, texture and ‘add oomph’ — especially in winter
Brighten up the dark days with paperwhite narcissi, hyacinth and amaryllis
It has hosted a century of celebrations, in houses from Surbiton to Trinidad — and in so doing has become a character all of its own
Internal migration has been in decline since the 1970s, but the febrile mood post-election has intensified the numbers voicing a desire to move somewhere more aligned with their values
The best tables, shopping and shows for the festive season
A trend kick-started for many during the pandemic has taken on a life of its own, accelerated by pub closures and the cost of a pint
Go undercover with these winter throws
Established in the 17th century, the Penicuik Estate is now welcoming its first paying guests
Playing with expectations and orthodoxies is pushing the boundaries of the built environment — from a ‘cork-insulated creature on hooves’ to a mob of red-brick meerkats
Following personal and professional turmoil, the designer has moved into a 1970s villa whose ‘challenging’ aesthetic is an oddly inspiring canvas
Drawn by an outdoor lifestyle and architecturally savvy developments, a youthful cohort is setting up home on the lush volcanic island
The Irish author needs a blank wall, a wide desk and a menagerie of inanimate creatures — ferocious Chinese dragons and a wooden mouse in a polka-dot frock among them — to work
Award-winning designer Christian Bense shares his tips for creating an elegant office space that won’t compromise the feel of your home
Howard Van Doren Shaw designed numerous buildings in the city, including this palatial home with its multitude of styles
Dug up from river banks and construction sites, and containing debris such as ancient glass and fossils, the overlooked local treasure tells tales of place, time and humanity
Jérémy Rocher and Kym Ellery’s ‘anti-gallery’ is both a family home and in-demand art space
Calverley Old Hall in Yorkshire is a spectacular marriage of contemporary design and seven centuries of history
The reimagining of this temple of horticulture in Philadelphia County is on a scale unimaginable in the UK
From the 1920s, the principality has expanded its borders by building in the only direction it can: into the sea. Its latest land reclamation takes its real estate into new territory in more ways than one
Ormonde Jayne’s Linda Pilkington has brought the exotic scents she bottles to a theatrical London landscape
The country has not had an easy relationship with the once grand homes of the Anglo-Irish elite — leading many to be torched, repurposed or left to rot. But a new appreciation is being nurtured, and a ‘reckoning with the past’
Find out why Phoebe Philo, Troye Sivan and Kim Kardashian go wild for Alice Lam’s arrangements
They were a mid-century mainstay beloved of architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, but a revival is afoot — and today’s designs are infinitely more comfortable
Striking sandstone town houses in Brooklyn and beyond
A London show shines light on a previously neglected influence on the most English of 19th-century designers
