When I think of Angela Thirkell, images of spring and summer come to mind...  Maybe because weekends in the country, strawberrie...

If kitchens have a life of their own, then mine was feeling a deep sense of contentment this past weekend. My family was coming over and ...

The drawing room of interior designer Penny Morrison's 1790 Welsh home  Whenever I read an article about someone finding the perf...

Actress Caitriona Balfe who plays Claire Randall, the heroine of "Outlander" I have a confession to make. I spent much of t...

Photo via here Just in time for spring, the next exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden is The Orchid Show: Chandeliers  and it w...

"The Memoir Club" by Vanessa Bell E.M. Forster sits on the far right This painting hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in ...

Do you ever wonder about the beginning of a writing career, such as that of the brilliant writer Charlotte Bronte? Most of us would a...