Charles Saumarez Smith on Architecture

Local stone, acres of glass and Japanese blackened timber have transformed a traditional 19th-century home on the Isle of Purbeck into a smart and stylish family home

The strong social norms of Britain’s working class helped generations of immigrants integrate. But today’s fractured society makes that far harder, with worrying implications for the future

Find out how a creative approach to design can yield revolutionary results when it comes to updating your terraced home

Hankering after a life in the countryside? Don’t leave home without our expert guide for house-hunters

Corfe Castle has towered over a Dorset peninsula for 900 years; its stone walls seeing kings crowned, civil wars fought and saints made