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

The iconic singer knows a place where the bouillabaisse is fine – a tiny spot on the French Riviera serving bowlfuls steeped in garlic, sunshine and family memories

The secret meaning of Vermeer’s art

Wrapped in fur, easel strapped to her waist, Anna Boberg braved swirling snowstorms to paint the shimmering colours of the icy Lofoten islands in Norway

How and why women fall through history’s gaps