From left: Eleonora Agostini Mirano, near Venice: “Home is an image of protection, intimacy and secure confinement. A safe playground to experiment with time. I’ve recently started talking to my neighbour’s parrot and I am wondering if he thinks I am copying him. We keep repeating each other’s words and it is quite reassuring knowing exactly what he will say.” Kuba Ryniewicz, Montagu Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne: “My home is an extension of my mind – some people may call it Jumanji. I travel a lot and from every trip I bring back a suitcase full of objects. The one in this picture is a ceramic ewer from Lebanon. It’s great to be surrounded by such objects at home because each single one has a story to tell as well as its daily function.”