New homes in London's Zone 1 on a Zone 2 budget
Our exclusive research shows a "price wall" formed by the Northern line, with property values to the east less than half those in the west. We reveal the emerging lower-value districts in Zone 1 for buyers on a Zone 2 budget.
Embassy exodus returns acres of central London to its residents
As the embassies exit Mayfair and Marylebone, their former bases will free up stunning family homes. While the move of many embassies to Nine Elms at Vauxhall is creating a new residential quarter including thousands of new apartments.
Oxford spotlight
The small city of Oxford is famous for its university and honeyed stone architecture, but its huge range of property - from affordable new homes to luxurious Victorian houses - and one hour commute to London, are big attractions to home buyers.
Brighton spotlight
The East Sussex city of Brighton and Hove offers its residents the best of both worlds: a relaxed life at one end of the line within an hour's commute of London, and a good mix of Regency terrace houses, seafront apartments and family homes.
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013
Discover one of London's most creative neighbourhoods at this year's Clerkenwell Design Week. This three-day event showcases the hottest trends in design, architecture and cutting-edge furniture.
Find a rated tradesman
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Buy of the week: Putney Hill, SW15
This glossy new apartment just off Putney Hill has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, plus a bright open-plan reception space with floor-to-ceiling windows and spectacular skyline views.
Out of town: Wigginton, Oxfordshire
This three-bedroom Grade II-listed thatch in the pretty village of Wigginton, near Banbury, is a tempting package of beams, wood burners and cottage gardens.
Life-changer: Tiverton, Devon
A five-bedroom house set in a valley at Cheriton Fitzpaine, Tiverton, surrounded by farmland and sweeping gardens, with B&B potential and a garage block ripe for conversion.
East Grinstead spotlight
East Grinstead in West Sussex is 30 miles south of the capital in the High Weald. The town's exclusive gated estates attract celebrity home buyers such as Tom Cruise, while London families are drawn to the area's good mix of period homes and modern flats.-
Buy of the week: Putney Hill, SW15
This glossy new apartment just off Putney Hill has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, plus a bright open-plan reception space with floor-to-ceiling windows and spectacular skyline views. -
Out of town: Wigginton, Oxfordshire
This three-bedroom Grade II-listed thatch in the pretty village of Wigginton, near Banbury, is a tempting package of beams, wood burners and cottage gardens. -
Life-changer: Tiverton, Devon
A five-bedroom house set in a valley at Cheriton Fitzpaine, Tiverton, surrounded by farmland and sweeping gardens, with B&B potential and a garage block ripe for conversion.
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London's craft workshops
By Corinne Julius
Salt and pepper shakers by Rachael Brame at Dazzle, January 6
London is home to countless craftspeople making everything from homeware to fashion accessories, so here we highlight some of the top crafts venues for gifts and explain what each is best known for.
Dazzle
Olivier Foyer, National Theatre, Southbank, SE1. Now until January 6 (dazzle-exhibitions.com).
Contemporary jewellery, metal work and decorative prints. Quirky, almost anthropomorphic, brightly coloured salt and pepper shakers by Rachael Brame and silver and bleached wood mini tools by Sharon Adams.
Selvedge Fair
Chelsea Old Town Hall, SW3. November 10, 10am to 4pm. £5; young children free.
Staged by specialist textile magazine Selvedge, with 100-plus exhibitors offering everything from table linen to fashion by way of haberdashery. Decorative pieces by renowned papier mâché expert Julie Arkell.
Amanda Simmons glassware at Gifted, November 15 to January 12
Gifted
Contemporary Applied Art, 2 Percy Street, W1. November 15 to January 12 (020 7436 2344; caa.org.uk).
Celebrating the idea of giving and the talents of makers, find 50 makers and items from £50. Striking glass by Amanda Simmons; beautiful ceramic beakers and jugs by Derek Wilson; textiles by Katie Mawson.
401½
401 Wandsworth Road, SW8. November 17 and 18, noon to 6pm (401studios.org).
Functional, covetable ceramics by Kaori Tatebayashi; colourful, glossy, vases by Chito Kuroda and contemporary silver tableware by Heather O’Connor. And seriously beautiful glass by former RCA graduates Liam Reeves, Sarah Wiberley and Louis Thompson.
Cavaliero Finn
Glassware featuring at Cavaliero Finn, November 17 and 18
A craft fair in a home-cum-gallery with ceramics, furniture, textile, lighting, painting and sculpture from 20 designer-makers. Witty swimmer-decorated teaware by Alice Mara; chandeliers by Madeleine Boulesteix.
Made in Clerkenwell
Craft Central, 21 Clerkenwell Green and 33-35 St John’s Square, EC1. November 23, noon to 8pm. November 24 and 25, noon to 5pm. £3, under-16s free (020 7251 0276; craftcentral.org.uk).
Mainly jewellery and silversmithing but also good for homeware, from chopping boards, bookends and nesting boxes by Lotte Cole to colourful home accessories by graphic designers Goodwin & Goodwin.
Vanguard Court
36-38 Peckham Road, SE5. November 30 to December 2, 11am to 5pm (020 7701 2940).
The place for ceramics. Teaware by Chris Keenan; candelsticks by Howard Fenn; sculptural vases and bowls by Carina Ciscato; bowls by Kim Sun, tea caddies by Siu Kwan Wong.
The Chocolate Factory
Farleigh Place, Stoke Newington, N16. December 1 and 2, 11am to 6pm.
Mix of ceramics, printmaking and millinery. Black or white functional tableware by Jo Davies
Barbara Wakefield's 48cm-wide porcelain dish, Evening Song (£600) at Pullen Yards, December 1 and 2
The yards
Pullens Yards, Clements Yard, Iliffe Yard and Peacock Yard in Iliffe and Crampton Streets, SE17. December 1 and 2, 11am to 6pm.
Intriguing mix from ceramics to photography, in a lovely, cobbled Victorian mews. Animal cruets and metalware by Carol Mather and ceramics by Barbara Wakefield.
The Workshop Sale
Push Studios, 17-21 Blackwater Street, East Dulwich, SE22. December 1, 10am to 5pm (theworkshopsale.co.uk).
Very good for textiles: ecological rugs with matching jewellery by Annie Sherburne; cushions by Trisha Needham; woven cashmere home accessories by Muskett & Muzzullo.
Cockpit Arts
At Cockpit Arts Holborn, Northington Street, WC1; November 20 to December 2, from 11am to 9pm Friday and until 6pm Saturday and Sunday, and at Cockpit Arts Deptford, 18-22 Creekside, SE8, open similar times. £5 joint ticket, £3 Deptford only (free entry to Deptford on Friday; cockpitarts.com).
New this year are silver tableware by Victoria Coleman; silver jugs by Shaun Grace; delicate paper birdcages for plants by Amy Furnival.
Wallace Sewell
24 Lloyd Baker Street, WC1. December 4 to 8, 10.30am to 5.30pm; 11am to 6pm Saturday (wallacesewell.com).
Modernist patterned and subtly coloured woven cushions and throws.
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