Cradle of the arts

How a trio of design icons found inspiration from their homes abroad

Lee Miller threw herself into life, dancing at Surrealist balls, taking fashion to Blitz-torn streets and dreaming up blue-spaghetti recipes, all the time intoxicating men and fighting inner demons, as Mary Miers reveals

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For Batia Ofer, the Art of Wishes founder and Royal Academy Trust chair, a magnificent Madrid property and its expansive gardens offered a blank canvas for a beautifully curated display of art

Loving interiors is often a lifelong passion – one that usually begins when we’re young. The homes we grow up in shape how we see design and aesthetics. Some of our fondest memories are rooted in love

GEORGES SEURAT, GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS THE PIONEER OF NEO-IMPRESSIONISM, once said of his distinctive technique, “Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science.” He was referring to a ne