Subversive interventions

Just a stone’s throw from the bustling streets of Bath, Lydia Fay’s elegant home looks out over an idyllic pastoral landscape, with sheep grazing in the field opposite and panoramic views of the Somer

Set in Sutton, a quintessentially English village in the South Downs National Park in West Sussex, Daisy Cottage was once part of the estate of the land-owning Barlavington family and dates back at le

One can never tell what might be hidden behind the door of a Victorian terrace house in north west London. Amid the uniform rhythm of bay windows and front gardens, homeowners each make their own priv

Alice Loxton EleanorA 200-mile walk in search of England’slost queen352pp. Pan Macmillan. £22. Many are commemorated in stone, but few so grandly as Eleanor of Castile (d. 1290). Following her unexpec

Requiring a combination of patience, flair, practicality and know-how, decorating a home is a time-consuming endeavour. And when it comes to hard-working spaces used for specific tasks such as cooking

A WOMAN SEEMS TO HAVE THE PERFECT LIFE. She looks like Robin Wright or Meghann Fahy or, remarkably often, Nicole Kidman. Her career, if she has one, is creative or philanthropic. Her blue-blooded husb