The author draws upon ‘sense memories’ of the land of her ancestors, where her latest novel is also set
Our city-living writer yearns for a self-sufficient Arcadian life
The vermilion double-header is now blooming in its thousands in Paris’s parks. It’s a chic expression of the city’s commitment to urban greening
From chicken bricks to modular sofas — as a new exhibition exalts the designs of the past, these are forecast to be loved in 60 years’ time
The inspirational leader led much of his nonviolent campaign for Indian independence from a spartan room in a Mumbai ‘jewel box’
Think horizontally with ‘flathead’ flowers, which tango with spikes to create an artfully shaped garden
In the first of a new series, the designer and ‘Great British Sewing Bee’ judge enlists a pair of Oxford Sandy and Black pigs to clear his tangle of bramble
An award-winning home-studio overlooking the wildest of London’s cemeteries echoes the artist’s installations focusing on form and light in flux
The arrangement in which children of separated couples stay in the family home with one parent, before the other swaps in, is taking off
To fight off the horror of oblivion? To memorialise banality? Grief is strange
The most stylish ways to slouch – and slumber
From a penthouse in a former warehouse with panoramic views of London to an ex working men’s club that’s now a house with 5,000 sq ft of living space
The resuscitation of this project for the super-rich is a reminder of who the nation is attracting
Interiors expert Chahan Minassian brings a new lease of life to this stunning property — with a little help from the famed Fortuny factory next door
From playful furniture to plants as sculpture, this fair confronts the past, looks to the future – and argues that craft is both living and life-giving
In Finland, where there 3.3mn saunas for a population of 5.5mn, few got in a sweat when the government tried to curb their use to save energy
The opulent Oslo home of the Norwegian playwright befitted his celebrity status — it even had hot running water
There are 100,000 varieties of this irrepressible plant, at their best now — and a doddle to grow
The revitalisation of the Greek capital’s southern coastline is a Herculean task. Can the country’s infrastructure support such an epic vision?
A new exhibition immortalises the legacy of a quaking aspen. It also carves a lasting story about our connection with woodland
Start with contrasting designs, single-storey plans — and tea with your conservation officer
The 19th-century Gothic Revival church is a modern-day domestic sanctuary for the Brooklyn-based artist
To ‘get Britain building again’, as the new Labour government promises, the broken and underfunded system must be fixed
Ask yourself what stories you want your home to tell — then let them run wild
From a renovated Bel-Air Brown House to an airy ‘birdcage’ home designed with Tampa’s tropical climate in mind
