Between a Constable resonating with Nature and a Castiglione blaring with turbulence, a picture by Algernon Newton captured the quietude of absolute stillness

The best equestrian artists strike a rich chord, touching us on a deeper level than mere aesthetic appeal. Catherine Austen finds out which paintings speak to art-loving riders

Deconstructing the mysterious life and work of the great Renaissance polymath

Throughout history, the “workings of money have rarely been understood”, says Stephen Pimentel. The Medici of Florence, the family that ruled the city and, later, Tuscany for most of the period from 1

The gargantuan, bewildering Louvre

OF ALL THE cars this fabled designer is responsible for, his favourite may or may not surprise you. It’s the archly utilitarian Fiat Panda. But we’ll get to that. ‘It is somehow easy,’ he says, ‘to cr