Cabinet of curiosities

The first five pages of my new novel, Small Acts of Resistance, a love story set during the First World War, have taken a somewhat circuitous route to print. Their journey into being started over twen

Fans of the leading British artist David Hockney will know how much he doted on his pet dachshunds. Sold at Phillips last autumn, Little Stanley Sleeping was a poster made for the show ‘David Hockney:

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For my entire lifetime, the undisputed titan of miniatures wargaming has been Games Workshop. Its key titles Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 involve tabletops filled with tiny plastic warriors; specifi

An exploration into colonial ‘Emergencies’, artefacts raided from Ghana in the 19th century and Royal Logistics Corps soldiers’ sporting achievements

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