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Patrick Grant prepares to pop his competitive veg cherry at the village show — with a crop of Mammoth onions
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Property magnates the Reuben Brothers are investing ￡1bn to move the dial in Mayfair. Can they succeed?
The 95-year-old artist swore he would never teach. But now he has distilled seven decades of a packed career into an inspiring primer for young people
Appliquéd or embroidered. A red velvet flame or an English country garden. New ‘beds with ego’ are portals to more than just sleep
When sellers outnumber buyers and asking prices feel out of kilter, there’s an art to getting the best possible reduction
From laser scarecrows and solar-powered weeding robots to trees bred to capture more carbon, high-tech horticulture is in full germination
Ceramics brand 1882 Ltd is hoping to supercharge a new generation of local talent through an exhibition and auction of plates that draw on famous names
Local stone, wooden beams and handmade tiles are making a comeback
From a loch-side 18th-century house to a boldly monochromatic art deco villa
From fragrant flowers to stunning blooms and even vegetables, climbing plants can transform a property or wall
Poarte is taking the heritage style in an offbeat direction — a skinny-dipping man, or a cat in a kimono, anyone?
Bewildered by advice and choice? Here’s a guide to what, where and how to plant this June — to delight both the eyes and the taste buds
Doing up your house? Welcome to a curated directory of independent?makers?around the world devoted to hand-making the fundamentals and flourishes of a home
In deepest Somerset, singer-songwriter Diane Birch and chocolate heir Cosmo Fry have become unlikely custodians of a historic garden and nursery — it’s at the root of their budding relationship
Feeling insecure, unsafe and uncomfortable with their political and cultural landscape, a new “precariat of the American professional classes” is contingency planning for life abroad. But they hope never to have to pull the escape cord
Celebrate the solstice with star-studded pieces
The Mumbai-based painter loves comté, cold-plunging and Winsor & Newton paints
Musical, talismanic and foraged elements are taking these ‘visual lullabies for grown-ups’ into delightfully distracting new dimensions
From a historic estate beside a pretty fishing village to a secluded villa with panoramic lake views
Architects are engaging with richly textured and layered designs that address heritage, sustainability and climate change
Soviet space memorabilia, a giant eyeball and a marble pair of breasts are just a few of the storied incongruities and ‘fairytale objects’ lifting the designer’s Parisian apartment beyond a Belle époque bubble
No longer limited to rural vernacular interior design, clay is being used to mould tactile walls with not just an ‘elemental beauty’, but environmental kudos too
The swimming pool is no longer a place created simply for cooling off — new designs are being configured for fitness first
Marco Credendino, CEO of Artemest, on blending design influences from multiple cultures
The much-misunderstood animal is the only ‘game species’ that can be shot during its breeding season. Change is long overdue
The Paloceras co-founder’s wooden house in the Puu-Vallila neighbourhood carries none of the Nordic cool aesthetic — but its bold colours and impish details match the quirkiness of both the owner and the area
