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Waves of departures for jobs abroad and a low birth rate have emptied Bulgaria’s villages. The social fabric is at stake

In many cases, it’s best — financially — to go your separate ways

Doge’s efforts to infiltrate the plumbing of the federal government should scare everyone

Conceived in a bid to patch knots and other ‘imperfections’, Sawkille Co’s fanciful thunderbolts, hummingbirds and other symbols add intrigue to his clean-lined classics

From her Anjou farmhouse, Anne Corbière fashions curtains, cushions and artworks from her tactile fabrics, coveted by everyone from Chanel to Tiffany to British brand Ochre

From panelled rooms to secret doors, the elaborately carved woodwork of Stuart Interiors is as much at home in contemporary town houses as historic royal residences

Matthew Burt’s flowing pieces — found in MI6, churches as well as private homes — foreground the curiosities of British trees, from burr to bog

Master muralist Lucinda Oakes is in demand the world over for her intricate, transporting works

The work of British designer Fanny Shorter is sometimes floral, but never flouncy, often whimsical but never ‘run-away-from-it twee’

Scotland-based Chalk Plaster innovates to remould traditional techniques — from Georgian-inspired cornicing to striking geometric ceiling roses