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A round-up of the latest self-build and home renovation news, products and events. By Jennifer Grimble

Ben Geier’s photographs affectionately capture fast-vanishing relics of ’50s and ’60s roadside Americana. He aims to find subjects that evoke a sense of nostalgia and solitude, he tells David Clark

The Railway Station , 1862, oil on canvas, ...

A mix of barn and bramble finds from across the world this month

An artist’s studio is a fascinating place that reveals much about their influences and style. The workspace of John A Frye, the California-based illustrator and industrial designer, features many clue

The yard of the coaching inn is lit by the moon. The mud-splattered stagecoach creaks as passengers climb from the roof and out of the stale interior. The horses are unharnessed and stabled; the passe