Desire is timeless. Long before modern sex toys, steamy novels, and risqué songs, humans were finding creative – and often surprisingly elaborate – ways to amuse themselves in the bedroom (and ...

Step into Marie’s Victorian terrace, where every item tells a story and a warm, nostalgic atmosphere is guaranteed ...

We all know that horrible sinking feeling when your favourite bowl or mug hits the floor. The crack of ceramic on tile is one we all dread. But what if there were a way of repairing broken ceramic and ...

In January a friend sent me an excited text having just discovered Nottingham’s ethereal Grade II*-listed Church Cemetery. Grade II*-listed Church Cemetery in Nottingham opened in 1856. - Heather ...

Think of a classic dolls’ house and you’ll probably picture a perfectly symmetrical building with soft red-brick walls, tall sash windows, detailing around the front door and a hipped roof with ...

This is probably the twelfth period property we have owned,’ says floral designer Susie Bell of her Grade II-listed Somerset home, and she doubts it’ll be their last. ‘I’m a nomadic soul at heart. As ...

There’s no doubt Crittall is having a moment – and has been for a while. Here's everything you need to know about the brand & its history. Feature Julian Owen There’s no doubt Crittall is having a ...

A quaich is a small, shallow circular dish or bowl, with between two and four protruding handles, or lugs. The word literally comes from the translation of ‘cup’ in Gaelic, cuach. Some historians ...

Shoe designer Jacqueline Mercer has filled her north London home with vintage furniture, quirky art and a plethora of colourful curios. Feature Ciara Elliot. Photographs Jemma Watts/Inside Features ...

If Paula Goodburn could bottle up the evocative aromas of South Africa, which she describes as ‘the mix of red earth warmed by intense sunshine’, she would. For now, the designer, who was born in ...

In the spring of 1807, the British parliament abolished the slave trade – one of the first countries to do so – followed, 26 years later, by a further act making the purchase or ownership of enslaved ...