Everyday beauty

From Renaissance study tool to modern design statement, plaster casting endures as a timeless craft, remaining versatile and rich with history, Alice Roberton explains

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

Exhibition: Family Treasures at Blenheim Palace The seat ...

Cultural Crusader

One answer to this question is relatively straightforward. For much of Greek history, people living near the coast or on the islands ate plenty of fish and seafood – not out of obsession, but out of p

Brian Howes unearths some nostalgic collectables that might be discarded as worthless junk but actually have a value to today’s collectors. Can you estimate what each object might be worth and pick ou