Cabinet of curiosities

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

I’m on the edge of a seaside town, confronting sand. Fine sand, suitable for making sandcastles with very precise detailing. The sand, though, has come not from a beach near Hastings (the Sussex town

By 1985, the hot-rod world had evolved into something far less rebellious and challenging than its pre- and post-war roots on the dry lakes of southern California. It had become the preserve of celebr

After the FA lifted their ban on women playing at Football League grounds, England’s Lionesses played their first international in 1972 – two years later, Liz Deighan won her first cap against France

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

Heather Nash’s Norfolk home is filled with warmth, ...