A coign of vantage

PAINTING NOSTALGIA Artist Polly Mabel Nicolaou creates ...

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

WHEN fire broke out at Nymans, West Sussex, ...

Keen to winkle out the character from beneath its glossy surface, this home’s owner set out to revive its period beauty with a mix of vintage and modern pieces, colourful accents and quirky finds

Third time lucky, as they say, certainly rings true for Alison Coldridge and her husband Simone, recalling the ups and downs of house hunting. Both their number one and number two choices fell through

From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales