The frame was in excellent condition, with only a few touch-ups required by our refinisher, Scott Doyle, who is based in ...

A member of the team, a water boy, accidentally stumbled upon a stone that turned out to be the first step of an ancient ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. France’s flagship art and antiques fair has a chequered recent past. At one time the most glamorous fair ...

(In 2008 Mr. Barnes and his wife, Pepie O’Sullivan, an antique furniture restorer and upholsterer ... including the ancient Egyptians, who had 12-hour days and 12-hour nights.

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Whether you’re staying close to home to prepare for next month’s art fair extravaganza or hitting the road on an ...

Ireland's castle hotels have pulled off a feat that would impress even the craftiest medieval alchemist: they've transmuted cold stone fortresses into bastions of modern luxury, all while preserving ...

After he and his fellow monks sang morning prayers in their church nestled in a forest, Brother Luke walked back to his ...

The Mesopotamians kept the earliest records of goods traded and received and these activities are related to the early record-keeping of the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians. The Mesopotamians used ...