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Saturday, August 18, 2018
William Miller: how I failed to get away from my famous father
The son of theatre director and polymath Jonathan Miller, on moving back to the London street where he grew up
Ten years ago, William Miller, a former TV producer turned entrepreneur, bought a house in Gloucester Crescent, in Camden, north London. On the surface of it, there was nothing unusual about this, even if the house in question, formerly in the ownership of Ursula Vaughan-Williams, the widow of the composer, was eye-poppingly expensive (a similar property would now cost in the region of £3m at least). With its high ceilings and burnished stone staircases, who wouldn’t have fallen in love with it? For Miller, however, this wasn’t an uncomplicated move, psychologically speaking. He had spent his whole life trying to get away from Gloucester Crescent, it having been the street where he grew up. More to the point, his parents were still in situ, just two doors down. To hear their voices, loud and resonant as car alarms, he had only to stand for a few moments in his cloistered new garden.
From the vantage point of a plump sofa in his almost outlandishly tasteful home, Miller briefly contemplates his perversity in this matter. Even now, it seems to amaze him. “There was a terrible moment when I bought this house,” he announces. “Do you ever have dreams where you’re back at school? It was like that. I’d worked so hard to be independent, to get away from the scrutiny of my father. Then I woke up one day, and thought: ‘Jesus, he’s there, and he can hear me, and I can hear him.’ It was like 25 years of effort had gone out of the window in a moment of folly.”
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How a 134-year-old Portuguese brand caught the eye of millennials
Bordallo Pinheiro has suddenly become a cult hit. Trish Lorenz finds out why
The silvery body of a lizard curls around the lip of a vase, a ladybird perches on the edge of a veined ragwort-leaf plate, and vivid red tomato-shaped bowls sit beside turmeric-coloured pumpkin tureens. The world of the 19th-century Portuguese ceramics company Bordallo Pinheiro is whimsical, colourful and eccentric, and its surreal creations are taking over tables and Instagram feeds around the world. How has this 134-year-old brand – stocked in Liberty, SCP, Amara, Couverture and Arket – become a must-have for millennials? With the current vogue for macramé wall hangings and velvet sofas and hanging baskets, it seems we are turning to our grandmothers’ homes for inspiration. Elsewhere, bold colour fills the high street, from Frida Kahlo to tropical Havana brights. In the age of Brexit and Trump, Scandi-style neutrals don’t cut it; there’s an appetite for something stronger.
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High summer is the key time to sow herbs | Alys Fowler
The soil is warm and you can get decent growth in while the days are still long
I love nothing more than a big handful of herbs, some soft, salty cheese and good bread. Every time I can make a meal where I eat my fill of such stuff, I feel I am winning at life.
High summer is a key moment for sowing herbs: the soil is warm and the days still long, meaning that you can still get decent growth in before the autumn days shorten and put a stop to all that.
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Gardening tips: how to check fruit trees for fungal disease
Plus, plant purple toadflax or visit a lantern-lit Japanese garden
Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea,) is a bit feral, often turning up on waste ground, but it’s also garden-border-worthy. Spires of grey-green foliage put out tiny purple flowers all summer long; it’s loved by bees, drought-resistant and unfazed by poor soil. If purple’s not your thing, try shell pink ‘Canon Went’ or ‘Springside White’. Height and spread: 90cm x 30cm.
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