Lifestyle Archive
(April 2016)

1 April 2016

Unravelling the mystery

Steffie Shields reveals more Capability Brown connections to Lincolnshire. I have a rather guilty conscience, mentioning a hero of mine far too much lately. Then again, with more to Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown than meets the eye, this is his Tercentenary year. Move over William Shakespeare! A celebrity polymath and legend in his own lifetime, with Read more…

Japanese pottery

A record 700 buyers were registered to bid online in one of the most successful sales to date at the Lincoln Auction Rooms. The varied patterns influenced Western European decorations from the eighteenth century and were used by such factories as Crown Derby for their Imari design decoration, which is still produced today. Following the Read more…