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One of Gardiner Haskins’s bathroom designers, Lee Watkins, lets us in on how he designed and planned his own traditional-style...
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Charlotte and Shaun Prescott from the Bath Beekeeping Association are seriously enamoured with bees. They tell us the story of...
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Chris Yeo, valuer at Clevedon Salerooms, curator of the Ken Stradling Collection in Bristol and an expert on BBC Antiques Roadshow The art world is filled with the fruits of human artistic endeavour; from ancient Greek pottery to Damien Hirst’s pickled shark, via George Stubb’s horse paintings and Faberge’s eggs....
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From Chris Yeo, Valuer at Clevedon Salerooms and regular expert on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow They say you never get over...
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From Chris Yeo, Valuer at Clevedon Salerooms and regular expert on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. The world of antiques never stands...
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Art Deco. Just mention it and images of sleek ocean liners, peopled by impossibly beautiful characters wearing Cartier jewels and sipping Manhattan cocktails spring to mind. Or maybe it’s the futuristic styling of Max Sterm’s Metropolis or even the gaudy delights of the Odeon cinema – those streamlined and chrome-plated...
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From Chris Yeo, Valuer at Clevedon Salerooms and regular expert on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. Jubilee biscuit tins, God Save the...
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Expert opinion from Chris Yeo, Valuer at Clevedon Salerooms and regular expert on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow Whisper it, Summer might...
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Chris Yeo, valuer at Clevedon Salerooms, curator of the Ken Stradling Collection in Bristol and an expert on BBC Antiques Roadshow Despite their rather dour image, the Victorians loved bright colours. They also had the know-how to create new ones, thanks to the invention of chemical dyes, one of the...
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This festive season, we asked three local experts for their top tips on how to dress a show-stopping dinner table,...
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Elly West looks at how to create a garden perfectly tailored to your needs… Every garden I visit as a...
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Nowadays, homeowners on the hunt for replacement windows have a long list of ‘must-have’ qualities. Not only do they want a window which is a fantastic insulator and delivers exceptional performance, they also want to make sure it looks great and complements the existing style of their home. In the...