Some artists create individual images. Emi Solvik creates places you feel you may have visited before, perhaps in a half-remembered story, a winter dream or somewhere just beyond the edge of the woods. A London-based illustrator and children’s writer with Scandinavian roots, Emi is the creator of Moonwood Folk, a growing storybook world filled with small creatures, quiet mysteries and gentle magic. Her illustrations combine traditional painting with digital techniques, bringing together the...

Summer changes the way people buy jewellery. Not entirely, of course. Customers still notice price, finish, theme and presentation. They still respond to beauty, novelty and the small private thrill of finding something that feels as if it was waiting for them. But in the warmer months, jewellery often moves out of the category of “accessory” and into something older, stranger and more instinctive. It becomes a travelling object. A pendant worn on holiday. A charm bought at a market. A small...

There is a particular kind of magic that does not need a temple, a thunderstorm or a dramatic cloak. It lives much closer to the kettle. It sits by the hearth, waits near the threshold, watches from the corner of the kitchen and lingers in the old habit of leaving something out for the unseen inhabitants of the house. A bowl of porridge. A candle in the window. A quiet wish spoken before a journey. A small charm kept not because anyone can prove it works, but because it feels unwise not to....