Writing on the ‘evanescent’ nature of gardens, Humphry Repton asked rhetorically why ‘a wreath of short-lived roses’ delights us more than ‘a crown of amaranth, or everlasting flowers’.
A winter’s evening walk brings glimpses of a motif that, for artists, conjures homecomings, hauntings, nostalgia and desire. Peter Davidson explores the enduring fascination of the lighted window.
The Garden Museum is exploring the work of dandy landscape gardener Humphry Repton via his famous Red Books, which offer fascinating glimpses into the Georgian landscape
Property developer James Perkins describes how he came to populate his 18th-century country house in Oxfordshire with a variety of eye-popping collections, from stuffed animals to classical statues and antique globes