An amusing and thought-provoking compendium of columns, articles, essays and reviews from this acute, knowledgeable and irreverent commentator

In the pieces brought together in Writing Home, Polly Devlin OBE, most bewitching of writers, covers subjects that range over her whole life and thought

A fascinating history of Woburn Abbey, the park and gardens

An intimate exploration of Virginia Woolf's homes

A stunning photographic guide to London's best vintage shops

The only book to cover the entire history of topiary, knots and parterres, from the Romans to Jacques Wirtz and Tom Stuart-Smith

The first major reappraisal of the life and work of watercolourist and war artist Thomas Hennell in over thirty years

Rebecca John describes her journey towards becoming a botanical painter

The first ever book about Sir John Soane's greatest treasure - one of the most important Egyptian antiquities anywhere in the world - the unique sarcophagus of the Pharoah Seti I

'George Carter will transform a backyard into Versailles.' - Independent