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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

A very amateur performance

Nick Newman was thrilled to sign Burt Reynolds for his film. If only Burt had remembered his lines and hadn’t spent so much on wigs

I'm Dreaming Of A Dry Christmas

After decades in Drunkland, Mary Killen suddenly lost the taste for drink. She now sees the festive season in a whole new – clear – light

Pharaoh, Osiris and the Mummy

The Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence in southern France, is renown for its collection of paintings from masters such as Cézanne, Ingres and Van Gogh, and is named after the French painter François-Marius Granet, one of the museum’s major benefactors.

GEBEL EL-SILSILA THROUGHOUT THE AGES: PART 6 – RAMESSIDE QUARRYING

Maria Nilsson and John Ward revisit the Ramesside era at Gebel el-Silsila to explore the quarries, the Temple of Sobek and a unique blueprint of ancient quarrying.

Highlights of the Manchester Museum 25: A Wooden Mallet

Campbell Price describes a tool once used by an ancient Egyptian stone-mason, now in Manchester Museum’s collection.

Per Mesut: For Younger Readers

Gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrr

The Last Wealthy City Of The Delta

Ayman Wahby and Said Eltalhawy describe their recent excavations at Tell Tebilla, one of the most important cities in the Delta during the first millennium BC.

Eight Masterpieces Of Ancient Egyptian Jewellery

Nigel Fletcher-Jones showcases some of the most stunning pieces created by ancient Egypt’s master craftsmen.

Travels with my daughter

When pop star Florence Welch was asked to an Irish literary festival, she took her father Nick Welch along – and he loved it