The search for the mythical relic unites the two strongest currents of European spirituality: Christianity and the legends of Arthur and his knights

Alexander Marshal–this country’s first major botanical painter–deserves to be better known, writes Tiffany Daneff, after seeing his luminous originals in the Royal Collection

John Constable painted Salisbury Cathedral and Leadenhall from ...

Johannes Vermeer brightened his native Delft with luminous pictures of women caught in intimate moments, but the serenity of his work, of which he produced remarkably little, is at odds with a life mired in debt, as Carla Passino discovers

Still Life Flowers in a Jug at Charleston, ...

The search for still-life subjects led the artist Kate Friend to some of the greatest gardens and gardeners in the country, discovers Tiffany Daneff