Quintessential grandmillennial: A show with all the right moves

Lush interiors and over-the-top aesthetics play as important a role in the new Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit' as the actors 

Checks, checkerboards and flat colours set the scene and backdrops at hotel chess tournaments.

Have you noticed there’s an interior design motif in big and small screen dramas these days, where costumes and décor match?

Just a year ago, lush interiors in Autumn de Wilde’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma had Dolly Mixture-hued frocks and bonnets worn by leading lady Anya Taylor-Joy matching the drapery and upholstery at the heroine’s 18th-century mansion.