Sparkling society

Edward VII swept away the cobwebs of mid-Victorian style, Queen Mary had passion for all things small and the Queen Mother bought rather avant-garde art. In a forthcoming talk, Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection, charts a century of regal taste

She’s the most famous woman in France, one of the most celebrated royals ever, and, by all accounts, gracefulness personified. Marie Antoinette had beautiful hands, played the harp well, and collected

deVOL’s venture into the world of bathrooms continues, and its latest design is the delectable Twin Victorian washstand (from £5,750), a perfect set-up for two. It takes its inspiration from elegant 1

A brass-inlaid rosewood table, three of four Seasons bursting with colour and a rare pair of powder-blue vases should draw every eye at the forthcoming Decorative Art Fair in London

LONDON’S V&A Museum has opened a showstopping new exhibition – “Marie Antoinette Style”. It’s the first UK exhibition dedicated to the woman it calls “the most fashionable, scrutinised, controversial

Whether it is adding contemporary paintings to a gallery of Old Masters or branching out into territories as diverse as Modernist chairs, Iranian tiles or Churchill memorabilia, the passion for collecting seems to run in some families, as Eleanor Doughty discovers