The Beautiful Necessity...
The Emery Walker House: The Last Arts & Crafts Interior
Fiona Rose
7 Hammersmith Terrace, London, is the former home of Emery Walker, printer and antiquary, and dear friend and mentor to William Morris...
John Henry Dearle: A Life at Morris & Co.
Fiona Rose
He worked for 54 years at Morris & Co, culminating - after the death of William Morris - in being the company's chief designer responsible for creating the famous Golden Lily, Compton and Iris designs, yet few have heard of John Henry Dearle (1860 - 1932)...
The Thakeham Seat: A Little Piece of Lutyens
Fiona Rose
Owning one of the magnificent country houses built by English architect Sir Edwin Lutyens is unfortunately beyond the means of most of us. However, I do own a little piece of Lutyens in my garden, his famous "Lutyens Bench"...
Trying to Understand Janey: Much More Than Just A Muse
Fiona Rose
The Collected Letters of Jane Morris edited by Frank C Sharp and Jan Marsh (Boydell, 2013) offers a new perspective on the character and achievements of a woman often portrayed as "just" the wife of William Morris and muse to Dante Gabriel Rossetti...
Elbert Hubbard - Founder of the Roycroft & Grandfather of Modern Marketing
Fiona Rose
Elbert Hubbard was the founder of the Roycroft Arts & Crafts Community and the grandfather of modern marketing...