Placed in the garden, a sculpture invites us to pause and appreciate both its beauty and that of the backdrop around it

Reviews of four tomes ideal for your coffee table – and for perusing during holiday downtime

Few potteries operating today capture the mood of comfortable English life as well as Emma Bridgewater. Founded in 1984 when Emma couldn’t find a suitable present for her mother and decided to make on

Colour co-ordinated Buccellati has spoiled us with two ...

Vincent van Gogh made sunflowers his personal motifs, but, when he looked to experiment with colour, a full florist’s roster of irises, roses, poppies, poured out of his brush, as Michael Prodger discovers

Nearly 20 years ago, we bought a house in north London, not just for the building itself, but because hidden behind the terraced row was a secluded garden – a delightful surprise in this central Londo