The art detectives

As the London Museum prepares to unveil the Cheapside Hoard in new premises on Smithfield, Will Hosie speaks to historian Victoria Shepherd about the story behind these precious jewels

Rarely does a ‘working’ diamond tiara come up for sale, so interest sky-rocketed when a tiara worn by Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy – Dowager Countess of Airlie and Lady of the Bedchamber to the late Q

It is nothing new to turn a large private collection of classics into a museum, though it is less common in the UK and Europe than the USA (where the tax benefits can be considerable). Even so, to do

In my current project, I don’t quite know what I’m doing, though I’m hoping to strike lucky. As with metal detectorists and those who browse the shelves of charity shops for Ming vases, my hope is alw

A Queer Inheritance: Alternative Histories in the National ...

J ean twirled the gold chain of the ...