Although some perceived the advent of the locomotive as a threat to the countryside, by allowing artists a quick and easy way to travel, it broadened their choice of painting horizons, discovers Carla Passino

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The piece I’d never part with

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers

EN PLEIN AIR ARTISTS are deeply connected to the changing seasons, continually inspired by how nature’s transformations shape their subjects. The onset of autumn in Southern France, for example, trans

A vibrant celebration of one of Britain’s most influential fashion designers opens at the Holburne Museum, Bath this month. Running from 24 January until 10 May, Zandra Rhodes: A Life in Print brings