With temperatures dropping, here’s how to turn your home into a botanical paradise

In winter, when the art school here at Benton End closed for the year and the garden fell quiet, Cedric Morris would head to warmer climes to escape the chill of his 16th-century house, but also to pa

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS / CANAPÉ RECIPES / WINE / BEAUTY / GARDENS

Make life a little sweeter with sensory gifts SUGAR RUSH Jammy blackberry and woody oak make for an enveloping gourmand scent in Miss Dior Essence (£130 for 50ml, dior.com). MILK IT Hotel Chocolat’s l

BRING A CHRISTMASSY TOUCH TO YOUR GARDEN WITH A SEASONAL DISPLAY TO CHEER UP WINTER DAYS

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