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Editor’s Letter • May 2025

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NEWS • What’s in the air this month

One Lasting Thing • We are proud to announce the return of The World of Interiors Writing Competition, created in partnership with Montblanc

All the Fun of the Fair • Put a spring in your step with these cherry-picked delights from Milan’s Salone del Mobile. Roll up, says David Lipton, then roll over

Written on Tablets of Stonypath • The poet and artist Ian Hamilton Finlay was a man of fragile disposition and fixed – but not always logical – views. He made model toys that weren’t to be played with and decreed that certain ‘sacred’ vegetables growing in his acclaimed Scottish landscape garden should never, ever be consumed. So where did this leave his young children? Somewhat confused. To mark the centenary of his father’s birth, Alec Finlay unravels the conundrum

The Redder the Better • The seasonal delights of cherries, with their overtly feminine names and irresistible succulence, are best enjoyed en plein air – on a terrace, beneath summer skies, their stones spat on the ground. But for all their beguiling promise fresh, when cooked or preserved they are also ripe for discovery, insists Daisy Garnett. However you consume them, though, just remember that too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

Cherry Picks • Puddings aren’t the only thing enhanced by a decorative dash of stone-fruit panache. From cups to cocktail trays, Rose Eaglesfield daintily plucks the sweetest stuff

Sound Effects • Along Denmark’s main coastal road, Hamish Bowles finds architectural delights to match the celestial views of the strait

BOOKS

Singh in Exultation

War Craft

Network • Clare Holley chooses the best merchandise and events worldwide

Kitchens & Bathrooms

Awash with Possibilities • Do you get a sinking feeling whenever you attend to your toilette? No matter how unsweet your en suite, it will scrub up nicely with the right kit, says David Lipton

The Power of Wow • A statement stove, fridge and washer can radically transform life for the better. Let David Lipton guide you to enlightenment – or at the very least the right appliance

Kitchens Ink Drama • If your old cabinets are looking a little washed up and dated, it’s perhaps time to face harsh reality: you’re in dire need of something scintillatingly new. Here to review the various room-elevating options available is Busola Evans – with illustrations by architectural designers Alastair Walker, Jessica Hollis and Oliver Skelton that highlight the huge impact each might have. Are you feeling that draft?

Drawer Distinction • Which cute utensil do you Pantone fans prefer – the teal salad servers, the custardy funnel or the multicoloured Memphis corkscrew? Comparisons are odious, says Gianluca Longo, as you need a full spectrum of fantastic plastic possibilities.

Ripple Effects • Flowing water evoked through paint and streamers, cellophane and silk proves a surreal foil for sink taps and shower cages, basin fillers and bath mixers. Yes, we’ve dreamed so much about brassware our shoot’s a stream of consciousness. ‘This is not a pipe,’ says Miranda Sinclair.

Mains Attractions • It’s high time we ushered in some flushing starlets to the limelight. But who should...