CAROL McGIFFIN THE WAY I SEE IT... Wise ...

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

Selina Gardner’s love of antiques began early, with childhood memories of rummaging in dusty second-hand shops, setting up a stall selling porcelain figures and old books outside her home at six years

It really is Christmas every day for Gisela Graham, the founder of one of the UK’s leading festive brands. She shares why it’s such a nostalgic time of year – and reveals her favourite bauble of all time

In a John Behan bronze, collector Jacqueline O’Donovan, a child of the Irish diaspora, can sense the desperation of a starving people forced to flee their land

Opening the mysterious packages, Kat couldn’t believe her eyes. And what was inside would change the course of her life…