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Coombeshead, a guesthouse, restaurant, bakery and working estate set across 66 acres in Cornwall, reflects the passions of its owners, Tom Adams and Lottie Mew, who have turned their interest in food and in sustainability into a multi-faceted business

In a former monastery on a hilltop in southern Tuscany, the residence and studio of British sculptor Emily Young is the ideal setting for her stone carved heads and figures, each telling a story of their own.

A lochside cabin on Scotland’s west coast offers a welcome retreat for Tom and Connie Barton, whose life in London is dominated by his sustainably minded Honest Burgers restaurants and her graphic design business

Ceramicist Steve Harrison works from pared-back studios in London and Wales, where minimal concessions to modern life create the conditions that ground him

From a base in the picturesque Norwegian fjord town of Alesund, Knut and Line Flakk, and their daughters Maria Lilly and Erika June, have developed an innovative, multi-strand business that encompasses all-weather clothing, renewable energy, hotels and adventure travel

After falling in love with Cape Cod, David Bowd and Kevin O'Shea made their home in the American coastal area, before founding a hotel group and setting up a free school for people who want to make a career in hospitality

Gavin Houghton’s latest creative endeavour – organising sketching holidays in Morocco – allows the multi-talented interior designer to introduce others to the bohemian pleasures of the city that he fell in love with over 20 years ago

Over time, a trio of guiding principles has led the sculptor Fitzhugh Karol and the designer Lyndsay Caleo to build a successful property business based in Brooklyn and to create a restful retreat for their family on Long Island

Stephen and Jeany Cronk have left London behind and built a welcoming family house in a Provençal village, where they have fulfilled their dream of becoming successful winemakers.

Fiona McKenzie Johnston and photographer Joshua Monaghan visit the painter whose work continues to reflect the experiences of black Londoners, despite his being based in Cornwall

Lockdown gave restaurateur Clare Lattin the push she needed to make a permanent move to Devon, where she has developed her interest in self-sufficiency and opened a small osteria with her chef business partner Tom Hill

Respect and reverence for the past informs everything Jacqueline Dehond and Koenarrd Uyttendaele do, from their paintings created using ancient techniques to the decoration of their Thirties home in Bruges

The shock of Robert Kime’s death in August reverberated across the interiors industry, not least with his tight-knit team. Among them is managing director Orlando Atty, who has inherited the responsibility of guiding the multi-faceted business that Robert developed

For Emma Bridgewater and her husband Matthew Rice, a shared desire to preserve skills and traditions has influenced their booming ceramics business, as well as the restoration of their farmhouse and barn in Oxfordshire

Combining a passion for good food, craftsmanship and nature with a range of skills acquired in varied careers – from photography to communications and interior design – Tamsin Saunders and Simon Cherry have created a unique establishment, which allows them both to play to their strengths

The current custodians of Thirsk Hall, Daisy Bell and Bill Gerrish, have opened a Sculpture Garden in its parkland, an initiative that they hope will help to protect the future of the house and also benefit the local community

Geetie and Guy Singh-Watson place sustainability and ethics at the heart of everything they do, from the carefully sourced food served at their pub in Totnes to the collective of independent businesses run from their Devon farm

After more than 400 years of caring for elderly people in need, the Charterhouse in London has opened its doors to the public in a move that its first female Master, Ann Kenrick, hopes will ensure the survival of this ancient charity

A move to a new studio brought glass artist Emma Peascod  and her sculptor husband Tobias Martin to Gloucestershire, and this workspace and their cottage in Stratford-upon- Avon reflect the breadth of their creative skills

After years spent defiantly adrift, Athanasia Comninos found her place on the Greek island of Antiparos, where her boutique hotel The Rooster is as entrenched in the landscape as she now is.