The sale of a Fabergé imperial egg and a 15th-century triptych made headlines last year, but one of the most powerful pieces was a painting by Richard Parkes Bonington showing what he could have become, had he not died so young

Ampthill Park House, Bedfordshire, part I The home of Sir Timothy and Lady Clifford

Train Landscape , 1940, watercolour on paper, 17¼in ...

The historian, author and former director of planning and development at English Heritage tells Anne Cuthbertson about his life and work in the capital

These days, there’s a lot of talk about the politics of personality, but standing in an extensive cave system near West Wycombe, we were transported to a time when politics was at the centre of a scen

Buying great horses isn’t all about six-figure sums and flashy auctions. Luz Wollocombe finds out from top riders about the special purchases that changed their lives