“any creative practice is good for the soul”

Dive into the natural world with some vegetable-flavoured character designs amid a host of delicate doodlings

When broadcaster and author Emma Barnett and her husband launched a unique colouring book company, they were surprised that their main customers were adults. Here they talk about meeting at university, managing their business, and Emma’s approach to chronic pain

LUCIA LEYFIELD IS NOT AN ARTIST prone to grand statements. Her work speaks in subtle tones: sketchbook pages filled with weathered doorways, overheard conversations or fragments of wild gardens. A let

On the fringes of Ilkley Moor, Joanna Thompson has furnished her Georgian farmhouse in a rich patchwork of textures and patterns to offset the wildness of the surrounding landscape

WITH more than a hint of nerves, I slide into an empty seat in the auditorium for my first university lecture. I look down the aisle hoping to see a friendly face, but there is no-one I recognise, whi

Take a little breather and relax with some of the adorable characters jotted down in the illustrator’s sketchbook