An Earl who sold off ‘clutter’ to pay for the upkeep of his 189-room ancestral home has raised more than double the expected amount at auction. The Earl of Sutherland cleared out the attic and cellars at Dunrobin Castle, in the Highlands, and auctioned off the heirlooms and historical artifacts at Bonhams in Edinburgh yesterday. … Read more
Sort your life out Rating: Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic Rating: Look, I don’t want to sound like one of Monty Python’s four moaning Yorkshiremen, but when I was a lad I had one mug to drink from — and I counted myself lucky to have that. It’s true. My mother has never thrown it … Read more
Sort your life out Rating: Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic Rating: Look, I don’t want to sound like one of Monty Python’s four moaning Yorkshiremen, but when I was a lad I had one mug to drink from — and I counted myself lucky to have that. It’s true. My mother has never thrown it … Read more
The key to tidying, I’ve found, is to have a clear plan — and to start small: one cupboard or messy corner at a time. If you have a whole room that you look at and it overwhelms you, don’t worry. We’ve all got one of those. Mine’s the shed in the garden that we’ve split … Read more
The key to tidying, I’ve found, is to have a clear plan — and to start small: one cupboard or messy corner at a time. If you have a whole room that you look at and it overwhelms you, don’t worry. We’ve all got one of those. Mine’s the shed in the garden that we’ve split … Read more
This might sound funny to some, but for me, tidying and organising has become my form of meditation. Honestly, if I go to a spa, or someone says you’ve got to try this calming meditation — blah, blah, blah — I just can’t lie there and think of nothing. I find it absolutely impossible. I … Read more
This might sound funny to some, but for me, tidying and organising has become my form of meditation. Honestly, if I go to a spa, or someone says you’ve got to try this calming meditation — blah, blah, blah — I just can’t lie there and think of nothing. I find it absolutely impossible. I … Read more
An 1960 MG MGA roadster has been found covered in debris in Dorset having been stored in a garage for some 20 years. The vehicle was discovered by auctioneer Charterhouse after it was instructed by the executor of a will to visit a cottage near Shaftesbury to identify valuable items, only to find the motor … Read more
An 1960 MG MGA roadster has been found covered in debris in Dorset having been stored in a garage for some 20 years. The vehicle was discovered by auctioneer Charterhouse after it was instructed by the executor of a will to visit a cottage near Shaftesbury to identify valuable items, only to find the motor … Read more
When my husband left our family home 18 months ago, all he took with him was a small sports holdall and a clothes airer. He walked down the garden path leaving me, our two teenage children and the life we had spent 26 years creating together — and even at that catastrophic moment, I was … Read more