WITH PRIVATE LIBRARIES EXPERIENCING A RENAISSANCE, ALEXANDRA GOSS EXPLORES HOW YOU CAN FURNISH YOUR HOME WITH BOOKS

Whether creating a classic or contemporary interior scheme, antiques are often mentioned by interior designers as an essential storytelling element. ‘Antiques help ground a room and give it an anchor.

“As movers and the moved both know”, John Updike noted, “books are heavy freight ... They make us think twice about changing addresses.” Books: A manifesto, or, How to build a library begins with the

Interior designer and antiques dealer Karen Hall has filled her Grade II-listed Georgian home with characterful antiques and vintage finds that make it one of a kind

Collectors of rare books, and of those written by the Brontë sisters in particular, won’t mind that Emerald Fennell’s new film adaptation of Wuthering Heights takes considerable liberties with Emily B

Many homeowners are discovering the aesthetic pleasure and functional value of vintage tableware. Kerryn Harper-Cuss explores how to seek out and imaginatively use period pieces