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Behind the scenes at the Bowes Museum

Behind the scenes at The Bowes Museum

This example of a ‘Vinegar Valentine’, mocks a girl for her love of croquet. Amoret Tanner/Alamy Stock Photo

What are Vinegar Valentines and how to collect them

Tyntesfield

Behind the scenes at the museum: Tyntesfield

Chawton House

Behind the scenes at the museum: Chawton House

Derby Silk Mill - image [c] Derby Museums

Behind the scenes at the museum: Museum of Making

The Wallace Collection

Behind the scenes at the museum: The Wallace Collection

A picnic

How to buy a vintage 1950s picnic set

These tinsel pictures belonged to Vivien Leigh and sold at Sotheby’s in 2017.

Luke Honey’s Cabinet of Curiosities: tinsel pictures and toy theatres

The Saturday Book 11th year 2

Luke Honey’s Cabinet of Curiosities: The Saturday Book

Two Windsor chairs

The comfort and history of a Windsor chair

Celebrate the life of Florence Knoll

Florence Knoll: celebrate the life of an icon

Antiques Roadshow expert Paul Atterbury on Augustus Pugin

A woman holds a silver-gilt candelabra, one of a pair whilst wearing gloves

How to clean antique candle holders

An Iznik pottery dish Turkey, early 17th Century

How to buy antiques from the Ottoman Empire

Staff at Viners Cutlery polishing the plate silver before it is packaged. 3rd September 1967.

Antiques guide: how to clean antique silver