It's thought a nice cup of tea can make most of life's problems a little bit better and one man from London knows this more ...

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This simple mug has a fascinating story to tell. It belonged to a soldier serving in the trenches in France and Belgium during the First World War. It's such a simple object and with its chipped ...

This mug from Shandy Hall, Coxwold, a museum dedicated to the eighteenth-century writer Laurence Sterne, is connected with one of Sterne's most famous characters. Uncle Toby, a popular character ...