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Ellie Tennant

From practical functionality and big-name designers to natural materials and effortless simplicity, we explore the enduring appeal of Scandinavian style.

Joan Walker

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Homes & Antiques

Homes & Antiques: The H&A Guide to Nordic Design

Dominique Corlett

At Charleston, home of the Bloomsbury Group, there's an exhibition of 50 portrait plates that were once thought lost. We follow the service's journey, from the original artistic concept, through the set's missing decades and to its triumphant return.

Homes & Antiques: The Famous Women Dinner Service

Eleanor O'Kane

Discover the impact of the Victorian art critic and thinker, John Ruskin, by following in his footsteps as we reveal how he inspired social reform and enhanced Britain's cultural heritage.

Homes & Antiques: Design Trail– John Ruskin

From the thrill of sale day to the satisfaction of uncovering a forgotten treasure. Meet three trailblazing auctioneers under 30 who are brimming with passion and potential, and who are already making names for themselves.

Homes & Antiques: The New Wave– Next Generation Auctioneers

Rosanna Morris

Take a look at the history of the fantastical and glittering world of the circus, and discover this intriguing art form's impact on design over the centuries.

Homes & Antiques: The Greatest Show on Earth

Mary Jane Baxter

As V&A Dundee prepares to open its doors, we take a look inside and also explore the rest of the city it calls home, discovering that this is a hot destination for design mavens.

Homes & Antiques: Design for Dundee– Scotland's New V&A

Caroline Wheater

In summer 2018, a unique copy of The Birds of America went up for auction, causing a storm. Beloved by interior designers to this day, the paintings in this super-rare tome have become iconic. We chart the tale of this ornithological wonder.

Homes & Antiques: Behind the Sale– Birds of America

Let us introduce you to three up-and-coming dealers who are all under 30, successful and social-media savvy, and who are making waves in a traditional trade.

Homes & Antiques: The New Wave– Next Generation Antiques Dealers

Charlotte Abrahams

Ceramics are hot property. From painted porcelain tea sets to sculptural stoneware forms, we take a look at why ceramics are seriously on trend and eminently collectable.

Homes & Antiques: The Rise of Ceramics– All Fired Up

Take a tour inspired by the great 18th century architect and designer Robert Adam, and discover how his European travels shaped some of the nation's best-loved buildings and interiors.

Homes & Antiques: Design Trail– Robert Adam

Track the rise and fall of this international design movement, from 'whiplash' curves and elegant female forms to geometric shapes and nostalgic revivals.

Homes & Antiques: The H&A Guide to Art Nouveau Style

The Royal Academy of Art, the pioneer of the public art exhibition, celebrated its 205th anniversary in 2018. Follow its journey to find out how the artists of today are laying foundations for the artists of tomorrow.

Homes & Antiques: 250 Years of the Royal Academy

From strict classical rules and pretty plasterwork to Pompeiian Red paint and faux frontages, explore the outstanding buildings and interiors created by the fashion-conscious Georgians.

Homes & Antiques: The H&A Guide to Georgian Style

When one of the most important collections of Rene Lalique's jewellery, featuring spellbinding flora and fauna designs, arrived at the Christie's salesroom, they created quite the buzz.

Homes & Antiques: A Sting in the Sale

Charlotte Packer

Valletta in Malta and Leeuwarden in the Netherlands, 2018's European Capitals of Culture, are both small but perfectly formed city break destinations for design addicts.

Homes & Antiques: Insider Guide– Europe's Culture Capitals

When the contents of the London home of Howard Hodgkin came up for sale at Sotheby's, the Turner Prize winning artist's passions for India, colour and friendship were revealed...

Homes & Antiques: Portrait of an Artist– Howard Hodgkin

Sophie Hamman

From war-time hideouts to retreats favoured by royalty, here are 10 of the very best hotels and self-catering properties that are imbued with a sense of the past.

Homes & Antiques: 10 of the Best Historic Hideaways

Dazzling love tokens, presidential rocking chairs, deco bronzes and chicken tureens - when the collections of actors, musicians, politicians, fashion designers and aristocracy come to the salesroom, records are broken and the world gossips.

Homes & Antiques: 10 Key Stories in the History of Celebrity Sales

With wealthy Chinese collectors buying back their heritage, the sky's the limit for rare, top-quality Imperial ceramics. Discover the remarkable tale that unfurled when one very special, yet very simple, bowl went to auction...

Homes & Antiques: Sale Story– Ethereal Beauty

Alice Hancock

Nearly 50 years after Neil Armstrong took a great leap for mankind, his lunar sample bag headlined the first sale of space artefacts to land at Sotheby's for over 20 years.

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