Deck the halls — and window boxes — with pansies, jasmine, mahonia, cyclamen or choisya
The haggling is in full swing: with a near record number of unsold new homes and the wealthiest reconsidering their options, estate agents are sweaty palmed, but savvy buyers are scoring hefty discounts
Balineum’s Sarah Watson on her wild endeavour to keep an industry alive
Deep in the Oxfordshire countryside, Bishopsland school is reviving a great British craft
The advertising maverick’s crenellated Sussex mansion strives for immortality — but are a new book ‘Orgasm’ and a bid for The Daily Telegraph really part of the plan?
The designer and philanthropist on cake, community and creating change
With a facade constructed of 3,600 tiles, the dragon-shaped UCCA Clay puts Yixing firmly on the tourist map
As festive parties see normally closed doors wedged open, an ever-simmering judgment sport cranks up. Let the covert interiors appraisals begin
His utilitarian yet playful designs for Muji, Alessi and B&B Italia have made him if not a household name, a household presence. An exhibition in Philadelphia celebrates his everyday superpower
A French postman constructed an ‘ideal palace’ in his vegetable garden. It’s a wonder of ‘outsider architecture’ that combines the marvellous, the mystical and the grotesque
A beguiling mix of rock ’n’ roll excess and movie-star glamour makes this Hollywood fixture our writer’s ideal home-from-home
Architects and interior designers are working together to create properties that subtly unify the external and the internal
Now is not the time for nuance: decorate with gilded acorns, wild windswept glasses, and a centrepiece of seaweed and rock
Eastnor, a high temple of Victoriana, has seduced kings, clerics, and Shiv from Succession. Now, its châtelaine is channelling its style into a line of furnishings
Heath Robinsons are at their most alive right now — never happier than when concocting a crazy contraption for cooking or a devilish home improvement
Better social infrastructure can foster resilience in densely-populated urban environments
Is your tree the ‘right’ kind of wrong? ’Tis the season to navigate the forest of good ‘bad taste’
We go off piste in this festive edition, celebrating trees that are a gloriously gaudy mix of irony and nostalgia; table settings that are otherworldly; and natural decorations that are more moss than mistletoe. Our gift ideas include gadgets for nature lovers, visually sumptuous books and elegant house ‘portraits’
They can add softness and warmth to decor — but are a savvy storage hack too
From ‘deconstructed displays’ to novel ways with seed heads, bracken and rose hips, there’s a world beyond holly to embrace
Foodies and families are transforming the cultural landscape of the coastal Kent town once renowned for smugglers and pirates
Discover horticultural treasures hidden behind Venetian walls or amid snow in the Arctic Circle — and step inside the private worlds of titans of art, architecture and design
Because the celebration starts with a beautiful card
When the Paris-based architect sees something he loves, he buys two — one to keep, and one to give away
All they really require is access to green space and time to spend there. But a metal squirrel baffle et al may just enhance their enjoyment
