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Chelsea Flower Show 2026: your first look at this year's show-stopping gardens
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (250+ words) Adara (Rate Gain) stores cookies with a maximum duration of about this many days: 365. These cookies may be refreshed. Clare Foster spent a day becoming acquainted with the gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show 2026 It must be a good year,…...
An 18th-century cottage in Dorset that looks like it's been plucked straight from a fairy tale
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (665+ words) Adara (Rate Gain) stores cookies with a maximum duration of about this many days: 365. These cookies may be refreshed. A menagerie of animals roam freely around the garden at Tattie and Fred's 1780s thatched former worker's cottages in a rural Dorset…...
Rosie Birkett's perfect weekend for design lovers and foodies in Deal
6+ hour, 14+ min ago (448+ words) Food writer Rosie Birkett in her Deal kitchen For many years, though, we enjoyed Deal only on weekends. It was a place to escape to on a Friday night and spend a couple of days pottering around. And so, I…...
The dynamic duos to look out for at RHS Chelsea Flower Show (plus one pioneering project's last hurrah)
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (251+ words) Tom Stuart-Smith with friend Adam Lowe of Factum Arte studio, who are collaborating'on a garden for Tate Britain. Tom Stuart-Smith is an old hand at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, with nine Gold medals and three Best in Show awards…...
Why M'moire, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's new homeware collection, feels instantly timeless
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (193+ words) There are many things the supermodel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is great at: motherhood, business (her portfolio spans fashion campaigns and bestselling collaborations, from swimwear to beauty ventures) and now, Jason Statham's long-standing partner is venturing into our homes with M'moire: a…...
A rundown house in West Sussex sensitively revived by Lucy Cunningham
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (608+ words) In the drawing room of this house in West Sussex, a sofa is Claremont "Milano Linen" with cushions by Susan Deliss and Gainsborough stands on a rug from Dominic Everest. The footstool was made by Lorfords and covered in a…...
Why are we so obsessed with Murals?
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (505+ words) House & Garden Melissa's Cotswold Dusk inspired by early-18th-century verdure painted cloths. Pattern is never far from one's thoughts at Thyme. The 17th-century Cotswold manor, which has been a hotel since 2014, is awash with ornamentation " from the botanical wallpapers in…...
Why every room needs a well-composed corner
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (199+ words) A layered corner in the London flat of Martin Brudnizki and Jonathan Brook. The corner is rarely the first thing we notice when walking into a room. Our eye goes to the fireplace, the sofa, the painting above the mantelpiece…...
Rivals season 2: How to throw a picnic Dame Jilly Cooper would be proud of
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (349+ words) A first look at Rivals season 2 The Rivals season 2 picnic Tiggy and Rupert in Rivals season 2 The real beauty of a picnic is that it's one of the great democratic pleasures. It doesn't require a garden, or a table (in…...
The colourful Suffolk garden filled with irises that inspired artist Cedric Morris
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (328+ words) No garden lover can fail to be seduced by the flower paintings of Cedric Morris. Pulsating with rich, harmonious colour, these extraordinary works of art bring out the essence of each bloom, painted by a man who clearly had an…...