Leighton house

In addition to bringing an interior to life, art is also the detail that ensures a scheme feels completely unique

Taking on a Victorian home not touched in nearly four decades was a challenge one family relished – and the end result is a thoroughly charming mix of old and new

When George Glynn drove by this house and admired it from afar, she never thought it would become hers

A gruelling schedule, kamikaze flies and even a flying easel are all par for the course for four-time Royal Tour artist Warwick Fuller and he wouldn’t have it any other way

Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro spent time in London, but it took James McNeill Whistler to act as artistic bridge with Britain and the ‘sweetened’ Impressionism of Jules Bastien-Lepage to inspire most homegrown painters, says Caroline Bugler

Ironmongers’ Hall, London EC2 The home of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers