The dark side of the whiteboard
Times Educational Supplement
This new Channel 4 series is the S&M version of the Antiques Roadshow, hosted by a series of Bond villains who take it in turns to shaft greedy punters. My favourite is the dominatrix Scottish woman who looks like a cross between Lara Croft and a …

Antiques expert at charity event
Worcester News
AN antiques guru will cast an expert eye over Worcestershire heirlooms for a good cause next week. Henry Sandon, a renowned expert on Royal Worcester porcelain, china and pottery, is lending his services to the Midlands Air Ambulance for a valuation …

£3million for Ryanair founder's art collection
Irish Post
He bought Lyons Demesne, formerly home to the Earls of Cloncurry, in 1996 and spent millions restoring the Celbridge spot before filling it with Ireland's most valuable private collection of art and antiques. The house – which boasts a private cinema …

Great House by Nicole Krauss
AboutMyArea
Their lives and stories are worlds apart, but the actions of one man, an antiques dealer obsessively scouring the world for the furniture plundered from his father's home by the Nazis, will thread them all together in the most unimaginable of ways. …

Real or fake? How to check your Victorian dining chairs are the real deal
Christian Davies Antiques (blog)
Here, you can find a vast archive of past BBC antiques programs, which are now being repeated. The channel also has its own web page, where you will find some useful articles – including invaluable advice on how to tell the difference between genuine …

TV show helps float the boat for owner of antique mahogany pedestal desk
Christian Davies Antiques (blog)
Lancashire viewers tuning in to Cash in the Attic this week on June 29th saw a second chance to see a Victorian mahogany pedestal desk, plus several other antiques, go under the hammer so the owner could renovate her 19th century barge. …

Bonhams Victorian mahogany pedestal desks will cost more under the hammer
Christian Davies Antiques (blog)
Bonham's say that it is now competing globally against the “big two”, in all areas of art and antiques, and needs to become more competitive. Although this is viable in London and larger cities abroad, it's not so good for provincial areas in the North …

ASBO for neighbour 'from hell'
Prestwich and Whitefield Guide
He is also barred from 11 pubs in Ramsbottom, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Memories Antiques in Bridge Street, and Santander, Bolton Street. PC Kevin Day said: “David Newton has been one of the most prolific anti-social offenders that I've ever had …

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Antiques Roadshow comes to historic hall
News Guardian
People with large pieces of furniture or other big items can send details and photographs of their objects to ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, BBC, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2LR or e-mail them to: antiques.roadshow@bbc.co.uk asit may be possible to arrange to …

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Penally Abbey Hotel
Insideireland.ie
The ensuite bedrooms, all different shapes and sizes, are individually furnished with antiques and period pieces, some have four-poster beds and sea or garden views. The Coach-House, as the name implies, is a converted stable block designed to resemble …