All creatures great and small

The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor ...

The connection between nature and creativity comes in many forms. Here, artists, writers and musicians talk about the different ways in which they take inspiration from the outdoors - and share the places that fuel their imagination

The ‘Pelican’ portrait , attributed to Nicholas Hilliard

I’ve wandered into an oil painting. In front of me is a millpond with a cream-coloured cottage at its edge and a froth of English greenery on its banks. The scene is unmistakable. Where my mind’s eye

Built on land bordering Queen’s Park, it was simply a wonderful and exotic place. As a five-year-old first-timer, until it closed for good (when I was 11 years old), I visited the place so many times

I greatly enjoyed your interview with Alice Roberts about her new book Domination, (Books Interview, September), and its argument that the church was essentially Rome rebadged, with its structures and