The Ear of the Beholder Huon Mallalieu (Thomas ...

The writer Daphne du Maurier was fascinated by the English country house. Jeremy Musson explores her evocation of these buildings with the help of specially commissioned drawings by Matthew Rice

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

Austenland – is there such a place? If so, it’s to be found in drawing rooms and parlours, not in sweeping vistas. So it’s appropriate that the Hampshire village of Chawton, Jane Austen’s home for the

© HEADER DRAWINGS BY MICHAEL HADDAD/HEART Leaves Byung-Chul ...

The Houses of Guinness Adrian Tinniswood (Batsford, £30) ...