Enthusiasms

Does a newly found Nicholas Hilliard miniature portray Shakespeare’s patron the Earl of Southampton?

A fleet of vintage trams and buses take ...

There are many reasons that an artist’s ambitions can be thwarted, including the decision to become a teacher. Later this month, an exhibition will shine a light on talent obscured by a career in the classroom

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

Estimate £1,000–£15,000 Sold £13,776 A pottery charger, naively decorated with a cat, caused a stir at Roseberys’ Fine & Decorative sale earlier this summer. The English delftware was made at Brisling

Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with