September 1904 elks but no electricity, as the sibelius family moves house

Shop of the month Bennison Fabrics, No 16, ...

A narrow suburban road, framed on one side by a row of modestly proportioned terraced houses, and on the other by a railway line where trains trundled regularly to and from West Croydon Station. Puffs

The BBC Proms changed the face of classical music when ‘the people’s festival’ was launched in 1895. The perennially popular event features some of the nation’s favourite tunes from composers inspired by the countryside of the British Isles. Here Kitty Corrigan selects her top ten

The playful, melancholic genius of Erik Satie

With the all the requisite characteristics of a modern-industrial barn, from lofty pitched ceilings and corrugated roofing to solid raw brick walls, Hannes and Tina Maritz’s home has been brought to l

An idyllic neighbourhood on the edge of Berlin was once home to elite Nazis who carried out some of the worst crimes of the era. Eighty years on, the families that live there are still grappling with its tangled legacy. Sally McGrane reports