One of our favourite things about working on a magazine is the process of collaborating with some seriously talented and creative individuals. One of these is photographer Rich Stapleton, who, with his signature sensitivity to space and light, has captured the atmosphere of the house and gardens at Turn End in Buckinghamshire (more on that below). Similarly, we’re thrilled to have worked with writer Ewa Effiom and photographer Anselm Ebulue, who have bought the story of landscape design collective Wayward into vivid bloom.

Potatoes, olive oil, onion, eggs: a simple quartet but a satisfyingly luxurious one when made into a Spanish tortilla – especially when enjoyed outside on a sunny day, perhaps with a steady flow of white wine. Do as they do at Casa Balandra, a design-filled artists’ residency in Mallorca, and indulge in the art of sobremesa, “that Mediterranean notion of dinner going on for ever”, as Claudia del Olmo, founder of Casa Balandra, defines it.

As co-founder of an estate agency, you can bet that Albert Hill has seen his fair share of living spaces. And, this being The Modern House, you can also bet that those include the most extraordinary homes in the county. His favourite? Turn End, designed and built in the early 1960s by Peter and Margaret Aldington. The couple are still in residence today, overseeing the house and gardens that are a cult favourite for those in the know – which will be you too, when you get your copy.