The home-owners worked to create a space that was tranquil and away from the crowd, big enough to host their large family.

The Scottish painter was first inspired to take up art while a prisoner-of-war in Colditz Castle

Coinneach Macleod talks about friends, family and food – and how it feels to have 20 million people watching you bake.

Part of the Soho avant-garde of the 1950s, William Crozier blossomed into a painter of rare emotional intensity 

They had enough space to build a mansion, but the owners of this house aimed for quality over quantity – without stinting on luxury

Bespoke Chefs’ knives, handcrafted from the highest quality materials, ensure this firm remains a cut above

Deep in the Cairngorms forest is an enchanted holiday home that blends the best of Scottish and Scandinavian design

Kit Kemp is renowned not only for her unique interiors but also as an author, a respected champion of British art, craft and sculpture, and as a designer of textiles, fragrance and homewares

This Islay getaway ticks the golf and whisky boxes, but offers so much more sustenance for the soul beyond that

Monastic minimalism coupled with a Scandi-Scots aesthetic makes for a special cottage retreat