Grab a copy of our December issue, complete with Christmas gift guide, seasonal and sustainable decorating ideas, and chic ...

Step inside decorative artist Natasha Mann’s Edwardian home, where Moroccan motifs and European folk patterns create a richly ...

In the words of Leonardo da Vinci, ‘small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind; large ones weaken it.’ We’re not all lucky enough to live in homes of vast proportions – and even the grandest abodes ...

This old Scottish recipe brings together the chestnuts from the trees around Joe’s forge in Great Expectations and the mincemeat that went into Mrs Joe’s ‘handsome mince-pie’ made before Pip stole the ...

This cold dessert made with layers of ladyfingers, fruit and flavoured cream, is believed to be named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III The Homes & Antiques team comprises some of the ...

In Martin Chuzzlewit, Mrs Gamp orders ‘pickled salmon, with a nice little sprig of fennel, and a sprinkling of white pepper…’ ...

For all the sensible items bought at auction – a valuable piece of jewellery, crockery to complete your collection, perhaps a rare coin – there’s the occasional curveball that’s equal parts weird and ...

A collector from childhood, Julie French is irresistibly drawn to anything she finds curious or beautiful. Her hunting grounds include favourite antiques shops, physical and online auctions, car-boot ...

In 2022 Nichola Burns, a self-confessed vintage and antiques collector and passionate upcycler, and her husband, Adam, decided to move from Bristol to Pouzolles in the Hérault region of southern ...

After the mayhem of Hogmanay has ebbed away, in the short, dark days of early January, Edinburgh is at its quietest and most atmospheric. By four o’clock the sun has set. Glowering over the city on a ...

Claudia Lyons spent 40 happy years living in her six-bedroom family home in north London, where she and her husband had raised their four children. With plenty of space to fill, they had surrounded ...