Today’s charitable residences aim to be more accessible and aspirational, and end the age-old stigma surrounding them
The new work from the Granta Young British Novelist compels with its macabre story and free narrative style
The first novel from poet and short-story writer Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse explores the trauma of 1994’s mass killings
In her daring third novel, a book prize offers Argentine writer Pola Oloixarac ample material for a scornful dissection of pretentiousness
Leave no stone unturned when considering practical and ethical issues
Take a look around the novelist’s London home
The house is part of a new movement to deinstitutionalise housing for older people
The venerable Stoke ceramics company blends tradition and innovation
As the painter is honoured on new £20 notes, visitors to the house can appreciate his design skills
Spitalfields property is staged each year as ‘a living painting’ of how a family celebrated through the ages
Architects relish remodelling an 18th-century residence
The Country Durham landmark was once a seat of power in England
The space at the bottom of the garden is the best place to experiment with bold design
A retired academic and his nephew go on the trail of family secrets and discover much about true kinship
The Abbey Road crossing of Beatles fame inspires a dizzying tale spanning decades
Memorials to the capital’s greatest residents can transform a property’s value
As advances dwindle, TV adaptations and literary events are potential revenue streams
A prose-poetry hybrid that explores the nature of Britishness and race through the stories of 12 women
The writer lived in exile on Guernsey, where his home has been restored and opened to the public
Light on plot and all the better for it — a mesmerising insight into the life of a bored, intelligent, privileged teenage girl
This luscious novel frames Palestinian liberation round one man’s struggle
The Mexican migrant crisis provides a compelling backdrop to this story about a family pushed apart
A dedication, a doodle, a note in the margins: the treasures left by past readers
An imagined dialogue between a mother and her dead son pulses with the devastating reality of loss
By covering a room with cloth panels, Molly Wemyss muffles clients against the outside world
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