A major new exhibition will chronicle the life and style of Queen Elizabeth II. Rebecca Lowthorpe got a sneak peek at the extraordinary collection

The smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd, the flare of the floodlights – what enchantments they conjure! If you’d visited a regional playhouse over two centuries ago, though, a very differe

Slippers have made their way out of the bedroom and into the street, finds Simon Mills–although not without precedent or formalities

What we wear speaks volumes about our celebrations, says Ellie Fennell

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There was no shortage of glitz and glamour at last month’s sale of the late Countess of Airlie’s jewellery, but an exquisite tiara shone the brightest