Don’t break the chain

This month, celebrate the change in season with countryside-inspired homeware designs, learn the art of still-life oil painting and decorate with classic stripes

After her brother died, photographer Jo Ritchie found herself unable to pick up a camera. But with a portrait series, she has built a community that turns loss into light, resilience and hope, writes Peter Dench

Peter Dench considers...

IF ART IS A REFLECTION OF ITS MAKER’S WORLD, then Magdalena Starzyńska’s is one of order, rhythm and silence, balancing structure with softness. Nature is her constant theme, not as a postcard-perfect

Garden TOUR

Anita Nowinska found her long-forgotten box of pastels while rummaging through a battered suitcase, using only a candle for light as her power was cut out. “By candlelight I created my first flower pa