We see things that never should be seen; our inside is outside, the body's sewer pipes and vaults exposed to view, as if in a woodcut of our own martyrdom. Since launching her freelance career in 2020 she has written for a variety of titles and brands, including Future titles Style at Home and Ideal Home. Mmm, so Royal Bodies is absolutely brilliant and I haven't got enough popcorn for the whole drama it created back in the day. We are proud of our own collection of semi-precious antique coloured marbles and black marble and stone from the oldest English quarries to produce our outstanding range of reproduction fireplaces.

If you have a country theme to your décor or are working with a small space such as a study, wood may be a popular material choice. Mid-century modern is a simple and understated look that still makes an impact, especially for small living room fireplace ideas.

This collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from the next three decades, tells the story of what happened next. It could be a microcosm of their life, with postcards and letters displayed alongside decorative objects. Mix different sized frames with black and white and coloured prints to emphasise the eclectic blend of styles, and add a few objects, like a vase or floral display, to break up the linear feel. As the winter approaches and the nights draw in, we're thinking more and more about cosy evenings in front of the fire. NBB Design were asked to create a space that was warm and colourful, showing artistic expression and creativity without looking over-styled or designed.

The story of a medium prosecuted for being a witch—in the 1940s—greatly interests Mantel, and so interested me, especially as it turns into an indictment of the type of people (gender- and class-wise) deemed guilty.

Her thoughts about suffering and female powerlessness coalesce in “Britain’s Last Witch”, an examination of the career of the medium Helen Duncan, known as “ Hellish Nell” – who was convicted in 1944 under the 1735 Witchcraft Act – and what it has to tell us about the “damaging disjunction between middle-class ideals of femininity and the reality of working women’s lives”. Whether you have a traditional working fireplace or a modern gas appliance, when you walk into a room your eye will instantly be drawn to the fireplace. The English chimneypieces of the early seventeenth century, when the purer Italian style was introduced by Inigo Jones, were extremely simple in design, sometimes consisting only of the ordinary mantel piece, with classic architraves and shelf, the upper part of the chimney breast being paneled like the rest of the room. Her subjects range far and Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch.

Almost immediately the mantelpiece becomes a framing device and a space that people used to express some kind of identity – such as the use of family crests in grand houses. Available in various sizes as a fire, fireplace suite and even in pre-built packages, you’re guaranteed to find a media wall you will love. Walls covered with a mix of framed prints, photographs, drawings and paintings complete this wonderful centrepiece.Her writing is sharp and yet thoughtful, working its way around the subject with care and gentle respect. These glorious images from our talented List members are sure to keep you warm, cosy and inspired on even the coldest of evenings. The mantels are made from dried pieces of oak, so they will contain surface cracks, splits and knots.

Probably will use this as a reference if any topics i'm looking at match and boy, is it a great read. Interspersed among the essays themselves are photocopied correspondences between Mantel and her LRB editor, Mary-Kay Wilmers. Hilary Mantel was the bestselling author of many novels including Wolf Hall, which won the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction.

The early works boast structural integrity if not stylistic flair, while the later works transform this mantlepiece of Mantel's Pieces into an altar designed by Daedalus himself.