Chris and Neil Myers were inspired by the timeless charm of Anne of Green Gables while renovating their Edwardian home. The house is now filled with Canadian-style country ...

We explore the buzz around antique honey pots and explain how you can make a beeline for the rarest designs James Hamill, Master Beekeeper and Founder of The Hive Honey Shop in London, knows a thing ...

Find out why the history of these striking biscuit containers is far from dry, says Antiques Roadshow expert Marc Allum It’s hard to imagine that the humble biscuit could be an intrinsic part of our ...

This cold dessert made with layers of ladyfingers, fruit and flavoured cream, is believed to be named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III The Homes & Antiques team comprises some of the ...

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 ...

A: My wife and I are enthusiastic collectors of ‘Modern British’ art, which is more or less the term used by the auction houses to describe British works of art – paintings, drawings, prints and ...

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 ...

The bedroom is regarded by many as an intensely personal space in which to rest and relax and generally escape the pressures of the outside world. But this concept of the bedroom as a private ...

As a teenager I loved 18th-century buildings,’ says Dan Cruickshank, the television presenter and art historian. And he recalls being ‘dazzled’ by London’s Georgian terraces, ‘particularly those ...

Whether you're an avid reader or just partial to a summer read pool-side, no one can deny the joy of entering a bookshop and searching the shelves for the perfect story. The UK is lucky to have so ...

With its design harking back to a pre-industrial, simpler way of life, the Sussex chair epitomised the values of Morris and Co, the design company founded by William Morris. Enormously popular at the ...

A true ‘Cockney’, it is said, is someone who was born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-leBow church in east London. If a factory can be called a Cockney, then the Bow Porcelain Factory ...