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Best of British, 1 Nov 2026

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Best of British is the UK’s premier nostalgia magazine covering every aspect of life from the 1930s to today. Every issue is packed with features that celebrate classic entertainment, transport, food and drink, and the great British countryside.

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ArticleSTREET ART

I’m a big fan of pub­lic art. It’s something I look out for when I visit a new place. This can range from the orna­ment­a­tion that Vic­tori­ans added to their build­ings includ­ing cary­at­ids adorn­ing an old bank that’s now a cof­fee shop, or...

STREET ART

ArticleALAS SMITH AND JONES

When it was announced that a private equity firm had bought WH Smith’s high street stores and would be renam­ing the branches TG Jones, I had to check the date. With the news break­ing at the end of March 2025, could this have been a slightly early...

ALAS SMITH AND JONES

ArticleThat Was Some Life!

Remem­ber­ing journ­al­ist, presenter and cam­paigner Dame Esther Rantzen. Talk­ing dogs. Curi­ously shaped pota­toes. Com­edy poems and songs. Ser­i­ous journ­al­istic invest­ig­a­tion. Hard-hit­ting and emo­tion­ally charged char­ity appeals. All of...

That Was Some Life!

ArticleRound the Auc­tion Houses

A selec­tion of recent gems and a pre­view of auc­tions to come. Every week at auc­tion houses up and down the coun­try, a var­ied host of col­lect­ibles are put up for sale at gen­eral and spe­cial­ist events, offer­ing everything from top-end...

Round the Auc­tion Houses