Liz Elliot

From fashion and buying textiles in India to a decade at Private Eye, Liz has learned in her varied career that it pays to ‘trust my instincts’. As House & Garden’s editor at large, she’s found the same applies to aesthetics: ‘It’s a gut feeling; knowing that a house just hangs together, whether by erudition or a sense of balance.’ In the February 2025 issue, she explores what it was about Tom Hurst’s Somerset cottage that tipped the scales.