Editor’s Letter
The act of collecting is a symbol of hope in uncertain times says Emily Tobin, as she introduces the November 2026 issue featuring our Art & Antiques supplement
By Emily Tobin
7 October 2026
Fine and Dandy
Foppish forms of dress transgress the strictures of gender and sexuality, and weave seamlessly from outfits to interiors. A new book muses on some exceptional domestic dandifications across the globe – and the people who live in them
By Holly E J Black
5 October 2026
Interiors
Fretfully Nice
Poet, civil servant and architect Khadambi Asalache fretted away continuously after moving into his new house. Rather than frazzled nerves, however, the result of all that activity was the most elaborate carved wooden walls in south London. Now owned by the National Trust, Asalache’s home has been open to the public since 2013, and features even more fretting than when The World of Interiors visited in 1990. Twenty years after the poet’s passing, photography from his fret-ful house goes on show at William Morris Gallery as part of a new exhibition, Earthly Paradise. First published: July/August 1990
By Leslie Geddes-Brown
Photography by Tim Beddow
