This part of Scotland has historically been famous for agriculture and its associated trades – in particular skinners, dyers, shoemakers and glovemakers. But over the years a number of major manufactu

Dorfold Hall, Cheshire, part I The home of Charles and Dr Candice Roundell An outstanding Jacobean house was an unexpected product of dynastic disappointment. John Goodall examines the remarkable circumstances of its construction

F ifty years ago, in the corner of a Nottinghamshire lace factory, a young dinghy sailor set out to solve a problem that had long plagued his sport. At the time, sailing clothing for dinghy sailors wa

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

Colour co-ordinated Buccellati has spoiled us with two ...

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