RO’B, aka The Irish Aesthete, that fount of knowledge, taste and carefully sifted old gossip, has chosen fifteen wildly different houses and interiors for this new book. His emphasis is on... read more
Though Royal Gardener to both Georges I and II and designer of gardens at Kensington Palace, Houghton and many other illustrious estates, Bridgeman's geometric taste and works were mostly ob... read more
Country houses were repositories of the finest food in the land, but their tables fell into decline around WW1. Chapters examine all parts of food production (including the game, fish, cerea... read more
Great houses such as Holkham, Sissinghurst, Chatsworth, Burghley and more modest loveliness such as Kelmscott too. Also images of that elusive idea of 'quintessential' Britishness - fly fish... read more
From Arts and Crafts and Art Deco through Modernism, Postmodernism and emerging bright sparks: Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Edwin Lutyens, Berthold Lubetkin, Richard Rogers, Seth Stein, et ali... read more
The beautiful C17th baroque villa near Siena was bought by Tony Lambton in the 1970s and recently restored by the next generation after a fire, with the help of Camilla Guinness.
Recollections of a long career upstairs and downstairs at Blenheim, Mount Stewart and elsewhere.
Unfortunately this has been delayed until January 2023.
The two great cabinet-makers worked together for nearly half a century; their clientele and influence were on a par with those of their more famous contemporary, Thomas Chippendale. This mag... read more