Jane morris artist, model & muse

BEFORE SARAH JANE BROWN BECAME A PAINTER, she learned to read the sea. Not in the romanticised, windswept sense; but practically, viscerally, day after day. With over two decades working on the water

Here’s how Jane Austen’s talent for storytelling continues to inspire TV and film versions of her novels

Moving to the countryside to be nearer to their homeware shop, Laura and Will Mellor indulged their love of craftsmanship to renovate a Georgian cottage

With a strength of character that belied her fragile looks, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun pushed the boundaries of royal portraiture and, after the French Revolution, challenged the loss of female influence via every frill and fold in her work

Entering the decorative artist Natasha Mann’s five-bedroom Edwardian home is like stepping into a jewellery box – full of vibrant colours and exquisite patterns. Natasha, who lives here with her husba

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