Collecting snow globes let it snow

Louis Comfort Tiffany, son of the famous jeweller, was born into one of the most prominent families in America. He originally trained as an artist, but developed an interest in the manufacture of glas

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

Corn-dolly crafter Colette Hughes describes the bleak situations our ancestors faced. “Imagine,” she says. “It’s winter and your family is hungry and cold. It gets dark early, fresh food is in short s

This week’s dream: the Waldorf Astoria glitters again ...

From strange lights in the sky to rocks that spontaneously glide across the ground, the mysteries scientists are trying to finally crack

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