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French toast with baked peaches and coconut cream

July’s arrival heralds the start of peach season. And while there’s nothing quite like a perfectly ripe, fresh peach straight from the fruit bowl (or, if you’re very lucky, the tree), a little hea...

Interiors

Intelligent design

Interiors writer Amy Moorea Wong reveals the thinking behind some of our classic furniture designs.

Features

The one-hundred-year mindset: our approach to design

Everything we make is designed to last for 100 years and beyond. Neptune’s co-founder, John Sims-Hilditch, explains how this centennial mindset came to be.

Garden

Growing a garden for scent

Think of your outside spaces and the chances are you’re remembering how they look, rather than the scents you associate with them. It’s time to claim the garden for your nose.

Features

Saving a home

A graudal renovation project is revealing more and more, as interiors journalist Elizabeth Metcalfe discovers.

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A community state of mind

When communities look after each other, good things happen, as journalist Fleur Britten observes.

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Seeing red

Just a hint of this bold colour can have a dramatic effect, writes interiors editor Suzanne Imre.

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Making it Local

A collaboration with design curator and advocate Barbara Chandler to find and showcase fine craftspeople practicing within Neptune’s local community.

recipes

Spring feasting recipes: a trio of salads

Three colourful salads that celebrate spring’s produce. Perfect for partnering with a whole side of salmon for a spring get together.

Author and presenter Ben Fogle pets dog in green Neptune kitchen

Features

The search for contentment by Ben Fogle

Author and presenter Ben Fogle looks at how people have discovered and protected their inner peace by appreciating the world around them.

Interiors

Book club: The Evolution of Home by Emma Sims-Hilditch with Giles Kime

If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of our aesthetic, you should probably look no further than our creative founder, Emma Sims-Hilditch. Emma worked alongside our co-founders John and Giles a...

Furniture

Ten interiors pieces to invest in

This article covers our top ten items that are the most worthwhile investing in.

Features

Holding on to memories

Letters contain so much more than the written word, says author and journalist India Knight.

Features

Keeping house at Charleston

Charleston house was a hotbed of creativity and free-thinking in its heyday. But writer Jo Rodgers explores the domestic life of this fascinating farmhouse.

Features

What's left behind

Magazine editor Hatta Byng is peeling back generations of taste as she embarks on a project to preserve and restore the family home.

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Dear typewriter...

Journalist Jo Rodgers asks why people are increasingly keen to revive an earlier form of correspondence.

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Alexandra Shulman on fashion at home

As she examines how our style choices evolve with time, former editor of British Vogue, Alexandra Shulman, reveals just how closely fashion and interiors influence and echo each other, and what the...

recipes

Lemon posset with honey oat crunch

A delightfully zesty lemon posset, each dusted with a handful of warm oat crunch.

Features

A folly for all seasons

The story of when the author and V&A chairman Sir Nicholas Coleridge decided to commission a folly in the grounds of his home, Wolverton Hall.

recipes

Candied beetroot, apple & smoked trout salad with sherry vinegar & honey dressing

Try our easy to follow candied beetroot, apple & smoked trout salad with sherry vinegar & honey dressing. Fresh and delicious, using only the best ingredients.

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Craftsmanship, colour and curation: our spring 2023 story

The story behind our new season; framed by colour and curation.

upholstered blue sofa with burnt Sienna wall

The price of value

Interiors journalist Giles Kime on design longevity and how to spot a good buy.

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Charred fennel, samphire & beans with salsa verde

This divine warm butter bean and samphire salad is perfect when cooking for a crowd. The charred fennel adds a sweet and caramelised flavour.

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Book club: books to carry you away

The joy of books is their ability to transport the reader to another time, place and world. Here, we pick six novels with memorable locations to add to your reading list – and perhaps inspire futur...

Outdoors

Nature’s palette

Author and presenter Michelle Ogundehin on why ‘natural’ colours appeal so much.

Outdoors

The Enchanted Forest

Look beyond a Sunday afternoon stroll with the dog through your local woods. Our ancient forests are places of mystical allure and profound nurturing, as interiors editor David Nicholls reveals.

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Perfectly imperfect: the Japanese craft of kintsugi

Design writer Roddy Clarke explores the Japanese craft of kintsugi, which celebrates the beauty of broken ceramics, and discovers it has emotional as well as practical resonance.

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Asparagus and goats’ cheese tart with wild garlic

This tart celebrates the British asparagus and wild garlic seasons, and is perfect for both picnics and garden lunches as it can be eaten hot or cold.

Interiors

The art of slow decorating

A lick of paint and some new cushions is one way to update a home. But to reap the rewards of decorating for years to come, you need to take it slow. As Neptune co-founder John Sims-Hilditch tells ...

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