Fancy that

St Valentine’s month may be bitterly cold, but the capricious charms of Vanellus vanellus never fail to warm the heart, says John Lewis-Stempel

A poet, a playwright and a Plantagenet king are all in the spotlight this month

IF I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I’d be picking roses for a lifetime,” so says a Swedish proverb. And it’s certainly true as far as I’m concerned. But then the association between rose

...to the cinema this week to see The Testament of Ann Lee. Amanda Seyfried stars in the title role as the irrepressible leader of an 18th-century religious movement, who preached gender and social eq

Globally acclaimed English tile-maker celebrates 50th anniversary ‘Each tile we make is a piece of art,’ says Doug Watson, who founded an artisanal workshop handcrafting and hand-painting exquisite ce

This month we’ve been captivated by Feldspar’s joyfully tactile occasional table, The Staddle. Its form is inspired by Dartmoor’s granite staddle stones, worn smooth by centuries of weather and wander