A study in nature

EMILY PONSONBY’S PAINTINGS STRIP AWAY everything but the essentials: skin, scars and the stories they carry. Using beeswax and oil, she sculpts figures that feel weathered and alive, sometimes faceles

A giant pond full of wildlife dominates this heavenly garden in the Highlands

Would her daughter’s enthusiasm for insects revive Elaine’s creativity? ELAINE stared at the muddy footprints leading across her freshly mopped kitchen floor. She didn’t need to be a detective to work

Recycling rain-softened cardboard, David Cemmick relies on decades of observation to create sculptures from nature, layer by layer

Regular readers of Gardens Illustrated will be familiar with Tom Stuart-Smith’s new gardens at the privately owned Aldourie Castle on the shores of Loch Ness, which were featured in this year’s Januar

Cecil and his pug dog in his indoor ...