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Editor’s Letter • February 2025

ANTENNAE

What’s in the air this month

Va-Va Vases • Say it with flowers, the old slogan goes. But why not say it with the receptacle used to display them too? David Lipton makes a very bold statement in glass

Bootie-licious • How many feet of furnishing fabric exactly would sir and madam care for? Shall we say 30-plus, all of them fashioned from some of the most alluring, hot-to-trot designs spotted at Maison & Objet and Déco Off in Paris? Well, walk this way! Whether you get a kick out of patterns or plains, you’re certain to find something to fit among our selection here. Rose Eaglesfield and Ginny Davies – pins aching after pounding les pavés – have kindly done the legwork on your behalf

Raw Beauties • Since winter’s a time when we’re usually smitten with stews and other forms of hearty fare, it’s easy to forget to give the period’s fresh leaves some love. But, pretty and peppery, this fabulous foliage – be it bitter chicory, spicy mizuna or folate-rich red lettuce – can make a striking impression, whether simply seasoned or dressed to the nines. And given salad’s so good for you, it’s really not rocket science, says Daisy Garnett.

Virgin Berths • Desperate to deliver your dressing oil into a slick new dispenser? Pore over Rose Eaglesfield’s pick of dazzling drizzlers

Eire Max • Delicacies both Gothic and gastronomic await Hamish Bowles on his Irish adventure

All Over the Place

Oh! You Pretty Things

Different Strokes

Identities Parade

All Hands on Decks

Network • Clare Holley chooses the best merchandise and events worldwide

VISITOR’S BOOK

STOCK OF AGES • Every shelf, corner and windowsill in Tom Hurst’s Somerset cottage is dedicated to the display of his collection of indigenous works and intriguing objects from the four corners of the globe. Among this cornucopia of curiosities, all of them for sale, a visitor is as likely to come across a Liberian mask and a fossilised shell as a Japanese doll and a Fijian headrest. Liz Elliot delves into the ‘curated chaos’ of this restless house/emporium.

SOUL SURVIVORS • Orthodox monks have lived and worshipped in their monastic complex on the rugged fastness of Mount Athos in northern Greece for over a thousand years, recreating daily a vision of paradise with their celebration of the mass. The richly embellished main church – a dazzling display of devotional wall paintings, icons and gilding – deliberately removes the faithful from the everyday world to give them a glimpse of the life eternal. Joshua Barley follows in the footsteps of centuries of pilgrims.

TIERS OF JOY • When Laura Ungaro was finally allowed to view the three-storey flat in Paris that her daughter and son-in-law had decorated on her behalf, she was flooded with emotion. Why? The project was to have been orchestrated by her husband, the fashion designer Emanuel, but his death in 2019 necessitated a mournful change of plans. As a widow, Laura would have to face the new place alone, but at least, says Dana Thomas, the collecting passions of her life partner were everywhere in evidence.

MURAL MAZE • A positively labyrinthine problem faced councillors and conservators...