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Man cleaning an antique longcase clock

Antiques guide: how to set up an antique longcase or Grandfather clock

Eames hanger shot on white

The history of the Eames hang it all coat hanger

Anglepoise original 1227 lamp

Everything you didn’t know about the Anglepoise lamp

Furniture and lighting designer Tom Raffield

Designer Tom Raffield tells us about his Grand Designs home and favourite vintage sideboard

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

Antiques guide: how to clean antique silver

The Revd Richard Coles stood within a cathedral, smiling.

Reverend Richard Coles on renovating a narrowboat and collecting ceramics

Two blue Wedgwood Jasperware vases shot against a burnt orange background

Everything you didn’t know about Wedgwood Jasperware

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Lennox Cato on how he fell in love with the antiques trade

A portrait of Mary Berry in a pink cardigan in front of open shelves filled with cake tins and ceramics

Mary Berry on her go-to colour schemes and most treasured possessions

Antiques-hunters browse a stall of small curios at the Malvern Flea & Collectors fair

Antiques guide: how to shop at a car boot sale

Arne Jacobsen's Egg and Swan chair in a mid-century style room.

The history of Arne Jacobsen’s Egg Chair and how to style it at home

A blue velvet sofa on an antique Persian rug in front of a gallery wall

Instagrammers Lisa Dawson, Stacy Dyer and Alice Collyer share their home styling tips

A garden statue of a young girl, weathered, surrounded by green foliage

Antiques guide: how to add patina to a garden statue

A portrait of Kelly Hoppen in a white jumpsuit

Interior designer Kelly Hoppen on how she turned her home into a sanctuary of calm

A shiny Georgian bow-fronted chest of drawers against a black background

History of the Georgian bow-fronted chest of drawers and how to style it at home