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In July 1575, Robert Dudley enlisted mythological figures to convince Elizabeth I to wed him. Exactly 450 years later, artist Lindsey Mendick reveals how and why she reinterpreted their encounter in her installation for Kenilworth Castle

Valentin Loellmann’s Dutch atelier is a nature-filled space where he explores his creativity – and invites fellow artists to do the same

There’s an artist studio look to this Victorian workers’ house and that’s because it’s in a neighbourhood full of creativity – designer Olivia Outred tells us more

Tucked in the Herefordshire countryside at Much Marcle, not far from its border with Gloucestershire, is Hellens Manor. Now presenting as a Tudor/Jacobean home, it predates those eras by some margin;