Step back into an age of elegance

Shop of the month Bennison Fabrics, No 16, ...

From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales

Taking on a Victorian home not touched in nearly four decades was a challenge one family relished – and the end result is a thoroughly charming mix of old and new

Hannah Betts on the comforts of the celebrated store

PAINTING NOSTALGIA Artist Polly Mabel Nicolaou creates ...

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