Exploring the mid-century London residence of Faye Toogood and Matt Gibberd, as the pair begin their process of moving home, and leaving the property behind. Faye Toogood is a furniture, fashion and interiors designer, and Matt Gibberd is co-founder of the aesthetically-minded estate agency The Modern House, specialising in the UK's most architecturally significant homes.

A visit to Dojima, the United Kingdom’s first sake brewery, founded by Yoshihide Hashimoto, and situated around the Fordham Abbey estate in Cambridgeshire.

A train journey with Master & Dynamic through New York’s Lower Hudson Valley, from Rhinecliff to Grand Central Terminal. "Instantly the carriage cacophony shrinks to a distance, as if separated by a body of water...the low groans and murmurs disappear. I sit in this way, in silence; my eyes shut, my mind quiet."

Exploring Rwanda's One&Only Nyungwe House, set on a tea farm at the edge of Nyungwe National Park, one of the oldest rainforests in East Africa. "Knotted Ebonies and stately mahoganies strain in a centuries-long race for the light. Moss encrusted vines dangle to earth, thich as gymnasts' ropes."

A stay at Cambridge's University Arms Hotel, a former Regency-era coaching inn. "I sit at the desk and imagine writing here, in some quiet hour of the night; the page illuminated only by the amber glow of the desk lamp, the dark mass of Parker’s Piece an unintelligible void beyond the windows."

Connolly’s Spring Summer 2019 Collection, in the elaborate halls of Leighton House, London. "Navy caban trousers contrast with a leopard print intarsia knit cardigan in cashmere; the deep, cool blue of the print mirrored by the lapis lazuli floral decoration of the Arabic tiles behind."

A visit to the remote, desert fort hotel Mihir Garh, in the Thar desert of Rajasthan.

A visit to the inaugural show of MASA Gallery, a collective of designers, collectors and curators based in Mexico City. The show, titled Collective/Collectible, is exhibited in an abandoned 1970s mansion in the city.

Amanemu, set around an onsen, and overlooking Japan’s Ago Bay. "As soft light passes in from the bay, subtle charcoal shadows fall across tables, gathering among glasses and pots, turning steadily darker with the sky."

A conversation with Gabriel Hendifar of Apparatus, to discuss the design of their new Los Angeles space. "You experience light and sound differently in a volume of [this] size; there is something serene, and almost monastic about it."

The secluded art gallery Villa Carmignac, set on the forested isle of Porquerolles, off the southern coast of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. "The waters of the Mediterranean stretch to the horizon, a blank canvas awaiting the pigment of the dipping sun."

A rural retreat in Portugal’s Alentejo region, among a collection of art and Jugendstil furniture — a Scandinavian variant of Art Nouveau — and Dornach design, a vernacular style based on the philosophies of Rudolph Steiner. “To set up a gallery in the middle of nowhere, like this, is almost utopic. Especially with the pieces placed throughout the hotel, to be experienced amidst daily life."

A visit to the Castello Di Reschio estate, set around a tenth century castle on the border of Umbria and Tuscany, where Count Benedikt Bolza and his team are renovating its ancient farmhouses into secluded heritage properties.

A conversation with Ko Kado of Kamisoe, a traditional karakami printer based in the Nishijin district of Kyoto, Japan, who uses the centuries-old technique of woodblock printing onto washi paper to create postcards, screens, wallpaper and fusuma sliding door panels.

An exploration of Japan House London, a cultural initiative of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It hosts a programme of profound encounters with Japanese culture, design and tradition, curated by its creative director Kenya Hara.

A visit to London’s Hotel Cafe Royal to explore its library, created in collaboration with luxury book publishers Maison Assouline.

Exploring the Western Isles of Scotland with Connolly. Their Autumn Winter 2018 collection is inspired by the stark, natural landscape of the isles, and much of its cashmere and wool are spun and knitted in Scotland.

A conversation with art collector, art dealer and historian James Hyman, to discuss an exhibition of his photographic collection at the Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, titled Modern Nature.

Francis Gallery’s inaugural show at 99 Crawford St, Marylebone, London; exhibiting works by sculptor Mari-Ruth Oda, painter Spencer Fung, and ceramicist Kim Sang-In.

A Georgian manor set in the woodlands of Hampshire, renovated into a heritage hotel, and surrounded by a vast arboretum planted by Victorian horticulturalist William Wildsmith.