Collecting servants’ bells merrily on high

Beautiful window treatments frame views, filter light, offer insulation and afford privacy, and looking to the past for inspiration can help with the right styling and making the most of the proportions of a period home

Some of today’s technology goes back much further than you’d imagine

Back in 1979, David and Linda Williams felt ready to move to a spacious, light house with a good-sized garden. Ideally, it would be low maintenance so as not to encroach on David’s job as head of art

What do an enigmatic Caped Crusader, a sopping-wet Mr Darcy and Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell have in common? Believe it or not, British country houses, says Ben Lerwill, as he set-jets around the countryside

The story of hat pins is not just the story of hats, explains Sarah White, the Fashion, Costume and Textiles expert at Tennants Auctioneers, ‘It’s also the story of women.’ By the early years of the 2

Ironmongers’ Hall, London EC2 The home of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers