My favourite painting francelle bradford white

Animated by two profound love affairs, Gabrielle Chanel established a symbiotic connection with Britain that remains a source of inspiration for the maison a century on

The piece I’d never part with

Growing up around her father’s studio in France, Beatrice Cloake was quite literally raised in a world of light and colour. Her father was a stained-glass maker who also painted and taught her from a

Beryl Nevell thought her service during the Second World War had been a case of ‘doing her duty’. Then someone special stepped in and showed her what she was truly owed…

The story of England’s forgotten French art school

The first women’s Tour de France ran in 1955 – and then vanished. Stephanie Boland charts the long, winding road to its modern revival