The temeraire is towed into london to be scrapped

The most sensual pictures of women sprang from Ovid’s verses, the Aeneid gave Turner his longest-lasting subject matter and Edward Burne-Jones saw himself in Arthur’s deathless slumber. Carla Passino explores how literature influenced art

It’s now been 78 years since the Steam Trawler Sheraton washed up on Hunstanton Beach, and it’s been a Norfolk landmark ever since. At low tide, its metal ribs and corroding body are still clearly vis

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

Catherine Clarke A History of England in 25 Poems400pp. Allen Lane. £25. Mark Forsyth Rhyme and ReasonA short history of poetry and people (forpeople who don’t usually read poetry)368pp. Allen & Unwin