Keeping it in the family

The piece I’d never part with

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

Ancient rural skills in a modern world

The mischievous cultural commentator and diarist who changed the way museums think about the past

Dear Simon, The history of Pitman shorthand told by Angeline Wilcox in the July edition of Best of British (Write on Time) evoked so many memories. I was amazed to learn that Isaac Pitman actually cre

Clutter-free grandeur How the artist changed her untidy ways to create a stately studio workspace