Seeking the real bright lights in London in December? Head to Bonhams’ Bond Street sale…

Three historic country houses in Yorkshire, a stone’s throw from the most northerly of Britain’s 16 white chalk horses, offer comfortable contemporary living and fascinating backstories

BRIGHTWELLS, TIMED ONLINE. ENDS 10 DEC

H&H CLASSICS, MILLBROOK PROVING GROUND, BEDFORDSHIRE. 3 DECEMBER

Hampson’s final auction of the year offered something for all

A sale of Modern British Art earlier this year brimmed with the kind of wonderful works that auctioneers find a little heart-wrenching to let go, including a Waterfall full of wild windiness by Sir Kyffin Williams