Let there be light

Marie Antoinette’s passion for furniture and genius for bagatelles, however evanescent their purpose, filled the French royal palaces with beauty and charm, as Matthew Dennison reveals

THE RIGHT LIGHTING CAN MAKE OR BREAK A SCHEME, ESPECIALLY IN THE LIVING ROOM. WE ASKED THREE PROS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERT ADVICE

This once-unwelcoming backyard is now a stunning city space – and with showstopping lighting, it becomes even more magical as the sun fades…

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

Glamis Castle, Angus, part 2 The seat of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

The City of Lights glitters with countless famous destinations, but with just two days to spend in Paris, I decided to explore some of the smaller, specialised museums – an adventure that whisked me b