Explore lesser-known historic towns and cities packed with heritage attractions, beautiful architecture and characterful ...

Pristine white-painted brick and pebbledash walls, a New England-style porch and a garden filled with hydrangeas, roses and scratch-built sheds hint at the dedication Chris and Neil Myers have poured ...

FROM LEFT Somerton in Red/Green by Mulberry Home, £198 per m, GP & J Baker; Agra in Fushsia, £210 per m, GP & J Baker; Albertine in Summer Rose, £77.90 per m, Linwood; V&A Paradise in Blush, £95 per m ...

A: My wife and I are enthusiastic collectors of ‘Modern British’ art, which is more or less the term used by the auction houses to describe British works of art – paintings, drawings, prints and ...

From a boyhood fascination with painting and woodwork to a career spanning the V&A and the valuations department at Christie’s, Leo Vaughan Williams has long been immersed in the world of fine art and ...

The historic Plough & Harrow in Monknash is believed to have once been part of a grange run by a monastery. It makes a good stop to refuel while exploring the South ...

This cold dessert made with layers of ladyfingers, fruit and flavoured cream, is believed to be named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III The Homes & Antiques team comprises some of the ...

Before Tracy Rutherfurd and Nic Holland had even set eyes on the romantic, Belle Époque townhouse that would become their French home, they had a passion for French antiques. The couple – who are ...

Few of us live in locations beyond the sound of traffic or the seep of urban glow that disguises the speckles of the Milky Way across indigo skies. But at this secluded and remarkable Welsh tyddyn (a ...

While stately homes and arboreta make picturesque backdrops to firework displays, few attempt to transport visitors directly back in time. For a more immersive sense of Bonfire Night in times past, ...

One of the things interior designer Rebecca Roundell Jones and her husband Matthew love about their Falmouth home is its dual personality. ‘From the front, it looks like an elegant Islington townhouse ...

Playful pigs, grinning cats, cockerels parading the perimeter of generously proportioned loving cups, and honey pots dotted with bees: Wemyss Ware (pronounced weems) is distinctive and eye-catchingly ...