A new exhibition at the British Museum explores the mythmaking of Japan’s feudal warriors

It’s a sunny summer afternoon in a verdant corner of the Essex countryside. A pretty pastoral landscape lies before us, with cattle sheltering in the shade of oak trees, rolling green fields, and a gr

Exhibition of the week Lucian Freud: Drawing into ...

After a decade and a half of excavations, archæologists have uncovered the naturally mummified remains of well over 100 indigenous Yakuts of north-eastern Siberia, one of the coldest places on Earth.

Acceptance in lieu and similar cultural-gift provisions benefit museums, collectors and the public alike

The samurai’s history and legacy, Angela Merkel’s 21st-century military and a new aviation festival