Relax into autumn with our special Decorating Guide, helping you choose the perfect backdrops for your art and antiques.
Speaking to paint experts, we reveal the best colour palettes for your walls, and Rhiannon Batten finds out how art galleries are working with paint brands to show off their artworks in the most dramatic lights.
Meanwhile, we go behind the scenes of heritage wallpaper companies to discover how they are working with stately homes and museums to revive and reinterpret archival designs.
Our houses this month range from a lovingly restored manor in Normandy to a former stationmaster’s house in Tunbridge Wells.
Elsewhere, we explore the complex debate of repatriating ancient artefacts, and spend 48 hours in culture hotspots Manchester and Stockport.