The contents of the studio of an artist who designed costumes for opera star Dame Joan Sutherland and ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev have sold at auction for a total of more than ￡52, 000. Michael Stennett, who died aged 74 in 2020, worked at his studio in Yoxford in Suffolk, where he designed costumes and sets and painted portraits, landscapes and still lifes.He created costumes for stars including opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, English actor and politician Dame Glenda Jackson and US actor and

A man who sought out tractors that reminded him of his youth on a farm is to sell his prized collection at auction, where it is estimated they could fetch around ￡500, 000 in total. Aidan Strain, who lives in the village of Mullaghbawn near Newry, Northern Ireland, amassed more than 80 of the classic and vintage machines over the last 30 years. The 64-year-old, who runs an electrical engineering firm, said he is selling the collection to allow for the growth of his business.“ I will be sad to se