Culture

The September issue explores the multitude of ways in which a space can be about our physical self. Welcome to the Body Issue, says Emily Tobin

Jade Angeles Fitton seeks out a rare bearded iris – ‘a comma of copper fire’ – at Sissinghurst

Despite being one of the world’s most famous image-makers, MC Escher has long found his most fervent fans are geometers, not art critics. Straddling both camps, historian of mathematics Thomas Glasman ponders the prince of paradoxes

In the Shanghai atelier of hairstylist Zhou Xue Ming, the artist’s wondrous hairpieces hang from every surface

Snobs might curl their lips, but the ‘kitschy-campy’ keepsakes London Underground designer Enid Marx arrayed on her mantel had a working-class authenticity that informed her designs

Quentin Blake, the illustrator known for his charismatic Roald Dahl characters, has opened a space dedicated to the craft in London

French artist Camille Henrot has built a library of brushes in her New York studio, which acts as a cheat sheet for her daily drawing practice

Endless rehashings of Art Deco and Shaker ‘style’ ignore the radical spirit that drove them, argues Michael Diaz-Griffith

The French photo festival Les Rencontres d’Arles spotlights photobooks, family histories and new readings of forgotten archives

From Roman times to the present day, this history of bookbinding, based on the Bodleian Library’s collection, will appeal to craft lovers, bibliophiles and book historians alike

Hidden behind the walls of a former builder’s merchant, textile artist Zazie Gnecchi Ruscone’s charming garden atelier is where her boldly geometric hand-painted textiles come to fruition

Accessing his inner Pict, Mr Bowles rush-orders a costume for New York’s Met Gala – and hangs with Serena W and Cardi B

The majestic queen of craft, HM Queen Margrethe of Denmark, slices up copies of WoI in her home studio, also known as Fredensborg Palace

From a radical ‘Earthship’ in New Mexico to a highbrow flat in Soho, from Denmark’s Queen of craft to a B&B-owning Orthodox priest, the August issue of The World of Interiors is chock-full of surprises