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...
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...
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...
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...
