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An Iznik pottery dish Turkey, early 17th Century

How to buy antiques from the Ottoman Empire

A dark grey dining room decorated for Christmas. The dinner table is decorated with antique pewter jugs, mophead hydrangeas and a string of neon pink pompoms.

How to create a dark and moody Christmas

Rare literary classics guide: how to judge a first edition and how to build a collection

George Clarke stood outside

Architect and presenter George Clarke on his converted 1979 caravan and love for Robin Day furniture

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

Antiques Roadshow Expert
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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