Lust in london

Nobody wants a brothel on their doorstep, but recognising prostitution as work could protect women, says Michelle Hather

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The dandy’s role as icon and irritant

The style set is returning to the very neighbourhoods it once made a habit of spurning, finds Will Hosie

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