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Victorian Excelsis
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Victorian Excelsis

St Benedict, a B&B on the East Sussex coast, has become a shrine to Victorian design thanks to its antiques-obsessed owners, Aleksandr Groves and Paul Oxborrow

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Burleigh Pottery is all fired-up – again
Interiors

Burleigh Pottery is all fired-up – again

The historic Burleigh Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, recently rescued by Christopher Bailey, has been on the brink of closure before. We (re)discover how William and Rosemary Dorling saved the ceramics factory in the nick of time in 1999. First published: June 2003
Destination Dreweatts: Sir William and Lady McAlpine’s collection pulls in to the saleroom
Antiques

Destination Dreweatts: Sir William and Lady McAlpine’s collection pulls in to the saleroom

The next collection of first-class art and antiques to arrive at Dreweatts auction house will be the one amassed by a dearly departed rail-buff baronet at Fawley Hill, his Buckinghamshire estate
Antique expert Paul de Grande’s elegant rural retreat
Antiques

Antique expert Paul de Grande’s elegant rural retreat

Belgian TV’s much-loved antique dealer’s new home reflects his refined taste for period perfection, from exquisite wooden panelling to sensuous Art Nouveau curves
The remote Norwegian church that’s a riot of colours and carvings
Interiors

The remote Norwegian church that’s a riot of colours and carvings

Don’t be fooled by Vinje’s relatively sober exterior. Beyond the Lutheran church’s faded-pink walls lurks an eye-opening interior decorated by impoverished country folk in the 1930s
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Columnist and content guru Raven Smith’s London terrace house
Interiors

Columnist and content guru Raven Smith’s London terrace house

‘Chronically online’ though he may be, Raven Smith has proven his content-curating gifts very much extend to the real world at his terrace house in southeast London, which brims with personality and charismatic colour palettes. Elly Parsons heart-reacts
Squeaky draw: the enduring appeal of Mouseman furniture
Antiques

Squeaky draw: the enduring appeal of Mouseman furniture

While busy making church pews and pulpits, Robert Thompson had a sudden epiphany and decided to put his faith in mice – cute little carved ones that could soon be found scurrying everywhere, from chair legs to breadboards…
Emanuel Ungaro’s legacy lives on in his Paris flat
Interiors

Emanuel Ungaro’s legacy lives on in his Paris flat

After the great couturier Emanuel Ungaro passed away, his daughter Cosima poured his personality and collecting passions into a Paris flat for his widow Laura
Erick Millán’s Guadalajara home is the antidote to heartbreak
Houses

Erick Millán’s Guadalajara home is the antidote to heartbreak

Left adrift from a break-up, designer Erick Millán turned to technicolour decoration to heal his broken heart
Different strokes: artist Camille Henrot’s inspired library of paintbrushes
Culture

Different strokes: artist Camille Henrot’s inspired library of paintbrushes

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
The material girl goes minimalist: step into Madonna’s Miami retreat
Houses

The material girl goes minimalist: step into Madonna’s Miami retreat

The muted tones and relaxed chic of Madonna’s Miami pad provide a cool contrast to her dazzling global status. First published: September 1994
WoI photographer Simon Upton puts his own pad on display
Houses

WoI photographer Simon Upton puts his own pad on display

Simon Upton has done up a former vicarage in Devon. Observe how this well-travelled snapper of sumptuous salons shaped his own space
Arrow House appears to merge with the mesa in New Mexico
Houses

Arrow House appears to merge with the mesa in New Mexico

The ‘Earthship’ movement is alive and well in Taos, where an LA-based landscape designer finds harbour in a radical 1980s house
Jolly polymath Pat Oleszko’s zany Tribeca domain
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Jolly polymath Pat Oleszko’s zany Tribeca domain

Pat Oleszko juggles performance art with junk sculpture and millinery with militancy at her pun-tastic loft apartment in Tribeca, New York
Art Deco meets antiquity in Hussein Omar’s Manhattan apartment
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Art Deco meets antiquity in Hussein Omar’s Manhattan apartment

Moving to an Art Deco Manhattan apartment gave a rare opportunity to Hussein Omar, an antiquities collector who has made acquisition his mission