Madrid in five places

Join Sevillanos enjoying their city as the weather warms this spring, with art exhibitions in unusual locations and paddling trips along the river

Overlooking the Plaça del Mercadal in the Catalonian city of Reus, Casa Navàs is a captivating presence upon this public square. Elegant and ornate, characterful and imposing, the house takes centre s

John P. Murphy New Deal Art 336pp. Thames and Hudson. Paperback, £19.99. Seymour Fogel’s “Wealth of the Nation”, installed in 1942 in a federal building in Washington DC, depicts a group of workers en

There’s no shortage of great picks at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht, the Netherlands, including a Barbara Hepworth sculpture, a pastel portrait by Dora Maar and two sections of 4th-century Roman mosaics

FROM A CONVERTED BANK WITH A SPA IN ITS VAULT TO A NILE CRUISE THAT ESCHEWS THE CROWDS, THIS IS TRAVEL, ELEGANTLY DONE

Literature is baked into the very fabric of Europe. That’s because generations of writers have walked the streets of its towns and cities, writing and conversing in small and large houses, cafés, and