Deep in the green lanes of East Sussex, there’s a rambling country house set in a glorious garden. Inside, its walls are covered in magnificent murals. Every shelf, niche and surface holds a trinket or treasure – tiny figures sculpted from the wire top of a champagne bottle; knuckle dusters (brass for day, silver to wear with evening dress), vintage Vogue covers… The guest book lists a roster of renowned 20th-century artists, who worked, played and loved here. The gallery in an adjacent barn puts on exhibitions of contemporary art.
Perhaps this sounds familiar, but this isn’t Charleston, that other famous artists’ house, just a 15-minute drive away. This is Farleys House and Gallery, former home of photographer, war reporter, cook and model, Lee Miller, and her husband, the surrealist…
