‘His books are all cornerstones of interior design and were well ahead of their time,’ says Tom Edwards of art dealers Abbott and Holder. ‘He [also] did huge amounts for the National Trust — designing ...

The younger generations’ appetite for everything vintage bodes well for the future, says Huon Mallalieu, at a time when an extraordinary Old Masters collection is about to go under the hammer.

One of Britain’s most attractive species of moth, the Kentish glory ( Endromis versicolora ), absent from England and Wales since the 1970s, could be making a comeback, thanks to a reintroduction ...