A few of my favourite things

There are many reasons that an artist’s ambitions can be thwarted, including the decision to become a teacher. Later this month, an exhibition will shine a light on talent obscured by a career in the classroom

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

Dua Lipa wears Givenchy by Sarah Burton and ...

From furniture and textiles to silverware and glass, these up-and-coming designers and makers are creating the most delightful designs

Christine Van Der Hurd, the esteemed and influential British textile designer, shares her favourite things

On the catwalk, this season’s most covetable prints are gallery-worthy. Naomi Pike traces fashion’s renewed love of wearable art