Jessica Salter was blown away by the proposal, but the engagement ring? Not so much. So she took drastic action and redesigned it. Here’s what she’s learned…

I REMEMBER the first thing I ever knitted, even if I have no idea where it is now. It was a sew-together hat, made of some lurid, scratchy acrylic yarn with uneven edges and the occasional rogue hole

In the early 1940s, the Royal Mint replaced the familiar image of a portcullis on the threepenny coin with a thrift plant. This was part of the government’s campaign reminding the public of the need f

As the London Museum prepares to unveil the Cheapside Hoard in new premises on Smithfield, Will Hosie speaks to historian Victoria Shepherd about the story behind these precious jewels

Exaggerating her beetling monobrow and wispy dark moustache in self-portraits, the artist Frida Kahlo was a female force to be reckoned with, unafraid to pour her heart onto the canvas. Only last autu

Alison Lewis planned to mark her 50th birthday by buying a diamond ring, but instead she bought this gem of a house – and has never looked back