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Wizards from Oz

A wave of brilliant Australians came to Britain sixty years ago. They included Clive James, Germaine Greer – and Barry Humphries

Pilgrimage to 84 Charing Cross Road

A New Yorker’s letters to a London bookshop were a big hit 50 years ago. Valerie Grove accompanied her on her first visit to Marks & Co

Chips with extra sauce

Chips Channon was the ideal political diarist – truthful, vulnerable and gossipy.

How Mr Tickle Tickled The World

Fifty years after they began, Mr Men books have sold 85 million copies. Teacher Kath Garner pays tribute to the brilliant adman behind them

THREE MIDDLE KINGDOM TOMBS IN THUTMOSE III'S TEMPLE OF MILLIONS OF YEARS

Myriam Seco Álvarez and Javier Martínez Babón return with more exciting finds from their work at this important archaeological site in Luxor.

THE “SHISHAK” ATTACK

James Bowden reassesses the Libyan pharaoh Sheshonq I’s attack on Israel and its importance to Egyptian history.

The Catacombs of Anubis at North Saqqara: A Subterranean World of Canids

Paul T. Nicholson explores the labyrinthine burial site for millions of dog mummies.

THE BIG, THE BIZARRE AND THE BEAUTIFUL

John Wyatt, Maria Nilsson and John Ward present the last instalment of their report revealing the bird species discovered at ancient Gebel el-Silsila.

MORE SAQQARA DISCOVERIES

Following the discovery of 59 painted wooden Late Period coffins reported in AE122, the Egyptian team at Saqqara has now revealed another hundred intact painted wooden coffins (below and opposite) in three 10 to 12 metre-deep burial shafts.

GLORIOUS EGYPT IN FINLAND

Continuing our series on international Egyptology exhibitions, Tuuli Turtola explores an exhibition at the new Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki.

ESNA RELIEFS REVEALED

Restoration work by a German-Egyptian team has revealed the original colours of the reliefs at the Temple of Esna (opposite, top).

Crowning Glories: Women's Hairstyles

Per meset for young readers

John le Carré, the German master

In 1956, before he was a famous spy novelist, David Cornwell came to teach at Eton. Among his pupils was Ferdinand Mount

Hats off to Napoleon and Wellington

The Emperor and the Duke both wore bicornes – in different styles. Now their hats are united, thanks to Nancy Astor. By Justin Davies

Insanely happy

Alan Crawford has learnt to be content, despite suffering from dementia for three years

Wasn't he so loverly?

Wilfrid Hyde-White was as charming and mischievous in real life as in My Fair Lady, remembers Simon Williams, his friend and co-star

My hostess? A banjo-playing prostitute

Exotic Lady Meux brought glamour, several Whistler portraits, and a Christopher Wren masterpiece to Maureen Lipman’s favorite hotel

Arts

Arts

Fine and dandy

The dandy style, created by Beau Brummell, was perfected by Oscar Wilde and Edward VIII. By Shaun Cole and Miles Lambert

Dirk Bogarde's lucky second act

Roger Lewis celebrates the centenary of a sad, dark actor who matured into a happy writer

A happy Hunter once more

At 85, widowed Hunter Davies is writing new books and finding young love. By Valerie Grove

Gregory Gregory's Stately Pleasure Home

Harlaxton Manor has been home to a millionaire Victorian recluse, a face-cream tycoon and an American university

The Archers turns 70

Programme assistant Gill Powell taped Grange Farm’s turkey chicks, printed Phil Drabble’s Nature Notes – and made one awful mistake

What a swell party!

As coronavirus kills off Christmas parties, Charlotte Metcalf remembers friends who made the evening go with a swing

My gaudy nights

For 50 years, Oxford don Oswyn Murray welcomed back old pupils to his college – except for one in 10 Downing Street

Look back in candour

Lockdown led to a boom in autobiography. Frances Wilson gives you her tips on how to tell the story of your life

King of the Purbeck Stone Age

Treleven Haysom has been quarrying stone on the Isle of Purbeck for over 60 years – now he’s written the definitive book about it

Joe O'Biden's Irish home

County Mayo is adored by Hollywood, the US President-elect – and Dea Birkett

Guests from hell

When Tanya Gold moved to Cornwall, she invited lots of friends to stay – she won’t be asking them back for Christmas

Holy Hitch

Christopher Hitchens, the most famous atheist in the world, was a wonderful, generous godfather to Alice Cockerell