This is one of the most striking family homes I've ever visited. Spanning the lower floors of two elegant 18th-century houses, it’s owned by wildlife filmmaker Jo Scofield and freelance sound recordist and cameraman Andrew Yarme, who live here with their teenage children, Jasper and Luca, and a friendly cocker spaniel named Ernie. The property was near-derelict when the couple purchased it in . . .
Top tips for Lisbon
I love Lisbon: tumbling down seven hillsides towards the shimmering River Tagus, it's at once charmingly old-fashioned and highly modern, beautifully ornate and appealingly shabby. Sleek shops sit next to crumbling mansions, cutting-edge restaurants by tatty neighbourhood cafés, and rickety yellow trams rattle along the cobbled streets much like they have done since the 1900s. . . .
Profile | Rolfe&Wills
Screen printer Alice Rolfe of Rolfe&Wills, whose colourful work has long captured my eye, tells me about her fantastic designs, where she finds her inspiration and why she loves working in Bristol. . . .
Home tour | A blissful garden in Bradford on Avon
Everyone needs an escape – somewhere to sit still, breathe deeply and forget the stresses of daily life. For busy PR consultant Sylvie Pender, that escape is the garden of her 1850s weavers’ cottage in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. . . .
Profile | Ruby & The Wolf
Kirstie Deane, the very talented brains behind Bristol-based florist and event stylist Ruby & The Wolf, chats about her inspiration and shares a few tips. . . .
Home tour | Salvaged style in Bedminster
“Flea market meets warehouse” is how Ben and Neil describe the lounge and dining room of their Victorian terrace in the Bedminster area of Bristol, which they share with their Boston terrier, Arthur. It’s a far cry from the sea of magnolia which greeted them when they first moved in, and the result of a total transformation which has seen walls moved, ceilings replastered, 70s fireplaces ripped . . .
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