Cabinet of curiosities

deVOL’s venture into the world of bathrooms continues, and its latest design is the delectable Twin Victorian washstand (from £5,750), a perfect set-up for two. It takes its inspiration from elegant 1

1. When you are away a lot travelling with work, you need a reliable way of waking you up. I bought this portable alarm clock from the Hermès shop in Harrods for my wife Bettina years ago, but appropr

I have been fascinated by automata for as long as I can remember. Especially so since my first viewing of the 1972 film Sleuth (a perennial favourite), starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. The

PEOPLE USED TO COMPLAIN THAT cars all looked the same. Now, though, with an endless array of retrofuturistic coupes and LED emblazoned crossovers, if you think cars are all copy/paste, you’re not look

A year in the life of the eighteenth-century naturalist

A brass-inlaid rosewood table, three of four Seasons bursting with colour and a rare pair of powder-blue vases should draw every eye at the forthcoming Decorative Art Fair in London