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Exhibition of the week Seeing Each Other: Portraits ...

I f you’ve ever been curious about what goes on in the roped-off ‘closed for conservation’ areas you come across in stately homes, then this book is for you. A companion to the BBC television series o

Exhibition of the week Ancient India: living traditions ...

This new cultural district, born from the positivity of London’s Olympic legacy, is set to come into its own this summer

The Tower at Vita’s home, Sissinghurst Castle ...

Ancient India gave the world its number system, anticipated Galileo’s heliocentric theory by a millennium and spread its culture from Egypt to Siberia–only to be almost entirely forgotten. It’s past time to restore it to its rightful place in history