A Queer Inheritance: Alternative Histories in the National ...

Rarely does a ‘working’ diamond tiara come up for sale, so interest sky-rocketed when a tiara worn by Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy – Dowager Countess of Airlie and Lady of the Bedchamber to the late Q

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

Regular viewers of BBC’s Antiques Roadshow will be familiar with Marc Allum, one of the programme’s long-standing experts. Marc is also a lifelong classic car enthusiast, and he currently owns a 1974

A quick sketch on a paper napkin led to a new look for an old forester’s cottage in Snowdonia, as Lucinda Griffith spotted renovation potential that others had missed, and all on a tight budget

How do you research your family history when you’re adopted? Do you follow the lines of your biological parents, assuming you know who they are, or do you investigate your adopted parents’ families? K