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  • Half the tabl is beautifullly laid with strached white linen, the other half is a jumble of kids' toysRESTAURANT ESSENTIALS MUST CREDIT IN FULL WITH HYPERLINKS FOR ONLINE. Photography: Ilka & Franz Glasses - www.richardbrendon.com China - johnjulian.co.uk Linen - dashlinen.co.uk Cutlery & pinch pots - davidmellordesign.com (Specific items in shoot Cotton Satin Band Tablecloth Light blue napkin Original Universal Glass & Stemless glasses London Cutlery Large dinner plate, side plate, small side plate all Classical porcelain & Classical pinch pot.) CMYK

    Fine dining in your front room: from tea bags to ceramics, top restaurant essentials to transform meals at home

    Never mind the food, what about the vibe? Restaurateurs share tips and tricks that will bring a touch of restaurant magic to your table
  • Studio Bright’s Hedge and Arbour House in Melbourne.

    Two Australian homes win top places in international 2025 Dezeen awards

  • A hand sifting through vintage clothes

    $10 for a pair of used tongs? When secondhand prices are higher than new

  • A family spending quality time together in their lounge, 1957

    The death of the living room: ‘It’s hard to invite people over – not everyone wants to sit on a bed’

  • Neighbours having coffee over the fenceGettyImages-56516008

    Readers reply: Do good fences really make good neighbours?

Gardens

  • Small trees, shrubs and flowers in containers on a cobbled street outside a house with blue patio doors

    Let the city’s pretty mews be your muse for container planting

    I study these cobbled backstreets for inspiration. But whatever plants you choose, adhere to basic rules that make for a successful container garden
  • Part of Transition Town Wellington’s forest garden.

    Country diary: Once a plain old field, now a thriving forest garden

  • A half-peeled banana.

    Houseplant hacks: can you use banana peel to shine your plants’ leaves?

  • Ripe strawberries and strawberry plant in garden.

    It’s been a great year for strawberries – and you can plant now for a bumper 2026

  • Dr Melissa L Gustin, the curator of British art at National Museums Liverpool, sits in front of a painting by JMW Turner during a press preview for Turner: Always Contemporary.

    JMW Turner’s mother deserves respect and understanding too

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Wonder In The Woods

  • Sycamore (acer pseudoplatanus), close up of several of the familiar ripe winged fruits or seeds produced by the tree in the autumn.

    Quiz
    Do you know your beech from your birch?

  • Family playing with fallen leaves in park

    Nature’s playground
    10 fun ways to enjoy family time in the woods this autumn

  • People walking in woods in autumn

    ‘Soothed and healed’
    Three nature lovers on how to find autumn splendour in the woods

  • Female walking her dog on a misty and frosty morning at sunrise. Norfolk, UK.

    'Social networks'
    Four reasons trees are more like humans than you think

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Pictures & video

  • A kitchen with a curved ceiling

    Inside the homes of six prominent Australian architects – in pictures

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  • Combined kitchen and dining room in a terrace apartment

    ‘I don’t like things matching, it feels weird’: designer David Flack’s favourite rooms – in pictures

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  • Restored Georgian farmhouse in Prescott, Devon.

    Homes for sale with wild gardens in England and Wales – in pictures

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  • Fishharven - Victorian Architecture Awards

    Victoria’s best new residential architecture – in pictures

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