‘the greatest of all time’

Nichola Eddery on making the decision between horses and art, capturing an animal’s soul and personality, and her role at the National Horseracing Museum

“PAINTING TRANSPORTS ME INTO ANOTHER DIMENSION which, quite literally, refreshes parts of the soul which other activities can’t reach.” For King Charles III, art has always been profoundly therapeutic

Desafuente, known as Desi, is an Andalusian stallion I have painted several times. I decided not to paint a straight profile but to depict him engaged and interested in the painter and the viewer, wit

Take a good dollop of Victorian innovation, add a fistful of classics, season it liberally with creative genius and you’ll cook up the very British art of literary illustration. Carla Passino charts its history and discovers that it still thrives

Gone, but never forgotten – Kate Johnson unearths the stories behind the spectacular horses that have given their names to trophies

The Restoration of Charles II heralded an outstanding era of scientific discovery and a flowering of the Arts for which Britain has, rightly, continued to be famous. Here we suggest who, in the reign of Charles III, is continuing such work today