Christmas through the ages

Having launched into the world of glossy magazines with its very first issue in February 1993, Homes & Antiques is now raising a glass to its 400th issue – a milestone that’s left us feeling not just

Kathryn Ferry delves into 20th-century holiday habits with the help of her postcard collection

William Home and Robert Chamberlyn, the churchwardens of the parish of Wootton, near Woodstock in Oxfordshire, were summoned to appear at a church court in 1584. Their offence was that they had taken

back in may, after winter and the slow creep of early spring, I took myself along a disused railway line near Lewes, Sussex, to be consumed by the month’s riot. This barely used path was somewhat over

Many things can add that extra frisson of fear to horror fiction. Prime among them we might think of the time of day or the weather, the device we know and love as pathetic fallacy. A bleak and stormy

Beautiful window treatments frame views, filter light, offer insulation and afford privacy, and looking to the past for inspiration can help with the right styling and making the most of the proportions of a period home