The colour revolution

Take a good dollop of Victorian innovation, add a fistful of classics, season it liberally with creative genius and you’ll cook up the very British art of literary illustration. Carla Passino charts its history and discovers that it still thrives

A major new exhibition, Morris Mania: How Britain’s Greatest Designer Went Viral, has recently been launched to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the William Morris Gallery at Walthamstow, east London

THE INTERIOR DESIGN TRENDS IN LONDON THAT REFLECT OUR NEED FOR COSY RETREATS AND A RECONNECTION WITH NATURE, WRITES ALEXANDRA GOSS

The eccentric, colourful charm of the Bloomsbury Group’s country home continues to inspire the work of designers and craftspeople today. We uncover its irrepressible appeal

Exhibition of the week Seeing Each Other: Portraits ...

Lovers’ lure, warning of death or simply a form of communication, the purpose of Nature’s paintbox may be curious, but its vibrant hues are always worth celebrating, eulogises John Lewis-Stempel