So Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in October 1876, charting the latest instalment of the Holbein cult. He was renting a room in Isleworth, west London, still hoping for a religious career

TALLULAH RUSHAYA TALKS TO THE WOMEN TAKING CENTRE STAGE IN PRESERVING HISTORY, FROM THE NATION’S BELOVED INSTITUTIONS TO INTERIOR DESIGN

WHAT is she thinking about, I wonder?” I gazed at the little chess piece sitting in the display case in front of me. A crown sat on the figure’s head, indicating her status as a queen. One hand cupped

The author of Fashioning the Crown talks to Harriet Griffey about the history of Queen Elizabeth II’s inimitable style and the joy of taking tea in Claridge’s Reading Room

There’s no shortage of great picks at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht, the Netherlands, including a Barbara Hepworth sculpture, a pastel portrait by Dora Maar and two sections of 4th-century Roman mosaics

When William Caxton opened Britain’s first printing press 550 years ago, he helped the country form a shared language and literary culture, as a new exhibition reveals