Loop-the-loop

Discover the joy of ‘messing about on boats’ with some of the UK’s prettiest canal journeys

Shop of the month Bennison Fabrics, No 16, ...

Gongoozle your way along one of Scotland’s finest weekend walks, with a single inch of ascent in 31 miles on the towpath of the Union Canal.

Exhibition of the week Jenny Saville: The Anatomy ...

The seaside lido offered safe swimming for holidaymakers irrespective of the vagaries of the tide. Kathryn Ferry looks at the architecture of these remarkable creations

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