Patrick Macnee, who has died age 93, was indelibly associated with the bowler hat he wore in The Avengers. Why is this headgear so evocative, asks Mario Cacciottolo. As gentleman secret agent John ...

The bowler hat is a treasured possession of Bradford and Bingley. Not only has it forked out to register the many and varied permutations on its trademark over the years, in 1995 it paid a reported £2 ...