In this issue

Collectors’ issue
The art you should be buying now
What the Dickens! Long live Mr Micawber
The most romantic flower ever planted

Where the spirit of Pope lives on

His ‘genius of the place’ is alive and well in the romantic landscape he created in Cirencester Park

3 mins

Balm for the soul

Mary Miers discovers the coronavirus has not dulled the taste for well-executed paintings inspired by Nature, nor impaired the dealer’s nose for sniffing out emerging talent

7 mins

Relishing a challenge

Holcombe Court, Devon, part II The home of Nigel Wiggins In the second of two articles, John Goodall looks at the restoration of an outstanding Tudor house completed with great flair over the course of nearly two decades

8 mins

They've stood the test of time

Charles Dickens died 150 years ago, since when Mr Micawber has become a byword for optimism, Scrooge for meanness and Uriah Heep for obsequiousness, and we still quote Mr Bumble’s ‘the law is an ass’. Rupert Godsal explains why these characters are so exuberantly unforgettable

5 mins

Stop making rash promises

The humble nettle’s burning sting has made it seem intrusive and hostile. However, when all is told, contends Ian Morton, its many species serve humanity and wildlife rather well

6 mins

Interiors - The designer's room

An integral pantry and utility are vital ingredients in this family kitchen by Humphrey Munson

1 min

A sweet disorder

Moor Wood, Gloucestershire Charles Quest-Ritson visits the National Collection of rambling roses, which shows these most romantic of plants at their very finest

5 mins

It's a man thing

DESPITE all the progress with gender stereotypes, there are a few character traits that still distinguish the male.

3 mins

Sensation as colour

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004) spanned the 20th century with a remarkable range of figurative and abstract paintings and drawings that deserve to be better known, says Peyton Skipwith

3 mins

Peace at last

Amy Jeffs revives St Erkenwald’s ghostly encounter with the corpse beneath St Paul’s

2 mins

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