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Butter Wakefield’s Secret Garden Hideaway in London
Garden designer Butter Wakefield opens the gates of her extraordinary west London garden — a 32-year labour of love tucked behind her 1870s Victorian villa in Shepherd's Bush. From a…
Georgian Pleasures
Dr Kate Lister explores drugs, booze and celebrities of the Georgian age navigating the astronomical impact of gin in the 18th century, who was drinking it and how they were…
How This Tiny London Flat Transformed Into a Luxury Space
A compact apartment dressed in sunshine yellow and terracotta, it is a masterclass in embracing constraint rather than fighting it. North-facing rooms made darker on purpose, a curtain where a…
Inside a Charming 17th-Century Farmhouse
Designer Harriet Anstruther welcomes House & Garden into her West Sussex farmhouse. The exterior? A hotchpotch of charming Sussex vernacular accompanied by grander Georgian additions layered into the backdrop of…
Inside London’s Iconic Blue House
Instantly recognisable for its striking, characterful presence on an east London street just off Hackney Road, London’s iconic “Blue House” occupies a plot once home to a disused metalworker’s shed.…
Dr Kate Lister: Forbidden Royal Romances
Kate climb's under the sheets and into the arms of the first Stuart King of England, James I and VI of Scotland. We’ll find out what made George Villiers stand…
How The Medieval Nobility Was Born
In 1066, a new group of masters arrived in England. They didn't just bring swords; they brought a new way of life that would transform the English landscape forever. This…
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