Neptune stories - an anthology of articles

Pistachio panettone cake

Food writer Skye McAlpine shares a recipe for Christmas Eve from her book, 鈥楢 Table for Friends: The Art of Cooking for Two or Twenty鈥�. 聽 The idea to use pistachio butter here, between each layer o...

Where style meets structure

A room鈥檚 plaster mouldings might be seen as decorative details, but they are often aesthetic necessities, says interiors editor Jessica Doyle. 聽 In the drawing room of a beautiful castle in the Sco...

recipes

Deliciously Ella鈥檚 Autumn Menu

Created and fine-tuned in her Henley studio kitchen, Ella Mill鈥檚 plant-based menu includes a slow roasted aubergine dish, a jewelled wild rice salad, and a plum, blackberry & maple crumble. All...

Evolving the country kitchen

This Chichester kitchen takes the roots of historical country house kitchens and reimagines them for contemporary living, including an innovative pantry wall. 聽 The story of the country kitchen is ...

Features

A meaningful plan

How best to develop and protect Britain鈥檚 natural wooded habitat for the next generation? As responsible timber furniture makers, Neptune is partnering with a forward-thinking woodland creation ch...

Interiors

Decorating with brave colour

There are lots of reasons to introduce bold new colours into your home. If you鈥檝e found yourself drawn to richer, braver colour palettes in recent times, there may be more to it than a simple desir...

Henley kitchen

In the kitchen with Ella Mills

I started Deliciously Ella at my kitchen table back in 2012 after a bout of ill health.聽Originally intended to be a personal project, my blog was a way to teach myself to cook聽healthy and delicious...

Furniture

Wood matters

Rejecting MDF and chipboard in favour of solid timbers, the founders of Neptune embarked on a mission to find the best materials for the job, as co-founder John Sims-Hilditch explains to editor Suz...

Features

Ways with Potter's Pink

Our seasonal colour, Potter鈥檚 Pink, is an earthy neutral inspired by unfired clay. We explore how to style this versatile shade with paint, textiles and furniture.聽聽

Furniture

Cut from the same cloth

To mark the relationship between Neptune and Fermoie, we get to know the British brand behind such distinctive and beautiful fabric.

Interiors

On Potter鈥檚 Pink

Our new seasonal shade takes its name from the delicate freshness of un-fired pottery clay. With the subtle look of raw plaster on walls, it has a sense of earthy texture and historic precedence. P...

recipes

Four recipes for a light summer鈥檚 supper

In the easy-to-follow recipes below聽鈥� created by Sam Wylde, our go-to local chef of聽Sam鈥檚 Kitchen Deli聽in Frome 鈥� you鈥檒l find four dishes that work beautifully together for lunch or a light supper.

recipes

A make-ahead berry pavlova

When you鈥檙e playing host for a special occasion, it鈥檚 always a good idea to have a few recipes under your belt that you can make in advance so you鈥檙e not spending all your time in the kitchen the n...

Features

The making of Harris Tweed

Behind the complex textures and earthy colours of Neptune鈥檚聽Harris Tweed fabrics lies a time-honoured cottage industry聽that keeps the Hebrides thriving. As journalist Amy Bradford聽discovers, this i...

Features

Preserving the art of dining

As our social lives and gatherings are聽gradually re-established, food writer and聽author Debora Robertson muses on how聽relaxed hosting is the most convivial.

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French toast with baked peaches and coconut cream

July鈥檚 arrival heralds the start of peach season. And while there鈥檚 nothing quite like a perfectly ripe, fresh peach straight from the fruit bowl (or, if you鈥檙e 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鈥檚 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鈥檙e remembering how they look, rather than the scents you associate with them. It鈥檚 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.

Features

Making it Local

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

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Spring feasting recipes: a trio of salads

Three colourful salads that celebrate spring鈥檚 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鈥檝e 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聽items that are the most worthwhile investing in.

Features

Holding on to memories

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

Features

Keeping house at Charleston

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

Features

What's left behind

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

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