Monopoly mystery

Once known for its lacemaking factories, Nottingham has reinvented itself as a centre of role-playing games. Games Workshop – maker of Warhammer 40,000 – is a multibillion-pound behemoth, and it sustains a whole ecosystem.

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

Goldbugs are not ideal dinner guests. They are rarely in a particularly cheery mood: one pro-gold article I recall from the optimistic 2000s was entitled We’re freaking doomed, dude. That conjures up

After years in the doldrums, the tide may be finally changing for brown furniture, if last month’s sale of Michael Eaton’s collection is a sign of things to come

The Board of Peace Controversy of the week ...

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