The sequinned cardigan and check skirt were bought from J Crew, a midmarket American retailer whose clothes the Obama family often wear; instead of changing accessories with each outfit, Michelle Obama wore the same double string of pearls throughout the visit. These are minor details, but ones which help fix the first lady

Rupert Soskin has travelled the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland photographing megalithic sites. Here are his favourites It begs the question: how many generations of observation were necessary to plot the alignments before erecting so many stones with such accuracy.

The chalky soil of the Sussex Downs the rippling chalk cliffs of the Seven Sisters sing that the south of England produces some of the best sparkling wines in the country. Breaky Bottom, just outside Lewes, was first planted in 1974 and produces sparkling and award-winning white wines.