She’s a particular advocate of the tiled stoves used throughout Northern Europe and Russia, having recently installed one, covered in intense blue ceramic tiles, in the upstairs room of a log building ...

Log-burning stoves have become increasingly popular in recent years and show no sign of falling out of favour any time soon.

Open fire fuels and some log burners are to be banned by environment secretary Michael Gove as part of plans to tackle air pollution that “shortens lives”. The measures form part of the ...

In the country, most houses need a powerful source of heat in the depths of winter to boost or counter the cost of having the central heating on all day. However, the role of fire isn’t just about ...