The Emporium

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

Simon Upton has done up a former vicarage in Devon. Observe how this well-travelled snapper of sumptuous salons shaped his own space

North of Soho, where a demi-monde of Modernist artists once lived, collector Antony Wright has been bringing home the Bacon (Hockney, Vaughan...)

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

Tasked with transforming disused mid-century Caledonian Sleeper cars into Britain’s only private train, interior designer Sara Oliver set about creating a portal to the golden age of travel 

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

Casa Batlló in Barcelona is a wonder of wavy proportions. To mark the centenary of Antoni Gaudí’s death, the famed ‘dragon house’ has an eye-opening makeover that both respects and reinforces the great architect’s genius

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

Bidyut Kumar Roy, a carver of
houses, and Lipi Biswas, a pro
pinch-potter, dish the dirt on
life in their mud house in a rural West Bengal artist haven

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

The muted tones and relaxed chic of Madonna’s Miami pad provide a cool contrast to her dazzling global status. First published: September 1994