Crowning glory

A new generation of master furniture makers blend heritage and high-tech techniques to keep Britain’s woodworking legacy alive. We joined them at the royal residence

The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor ...

Whether it is adding contemporary paintings to a gallery of Old Masters or branching out into territories as diverse as Modernist chairs, Iranian tiles or Churchill memorabilia, the passion for collecting seems to run in some families, as Eleanor Doughty discovers

Together with ancient armour, Egyptian cats and illuminated manuscripts, this year’s Frieze Masters sees a colourful work by an even more colourful character, a Nigerian prince who set out to make ‘contemporary Yoruba traditional art’

Edward VII swept away the cobwebs of mid-Victorian style, Queen Mary had passion for all things small and the Queen Mother bought rather avant-garde art. In a forthcoming talk, Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection, charts a century of regal taste

Geraint Richards , head forester to the Duchy of Cornwall and to His Majesty the King, discusses with Charlotte Reather his work on the estate, seeing woodlands as orchestras and the need for a culture of biosecurity in the UK