A s with so many things in life, ...

The colour of shells and sunrises, flowers and feathers, coral brings a warm blush to spaces. Interiors expert and stylist Sara Bird delves into its appeal, with ideas for using this shade in your country home

Thinking ahead to a good crop of aubergines, ...

It’s out with winter blues and in with the blossoming prunus, unless it happens to be English pottery. Lucien de Guise finds out what Coalport brought to the tableware

On your fruit & veg plot

Amateur botanist John Bradby Blake and his collaborators never completed their illustrated record of Chinese flora, but they still stoked Britain’s passion for the Asian country’s plants