For the love of dogs

Exhibition of the week Seeing Each Other: Portraits ...

“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

Offering unquestioning affection as well as a source of inspiration, the canine muse really is the artist’s best friend, discovers Agnes Stamp

Exhibition of the week Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits ...

The Tower at Vita’s home, Sissinghurst Castle ...

An ocean of prejudice met the American heiresses who came to Britain at the dawn of the 20th century, but there was more to them than their wealth. Some earned their own titles, one flew helicopters and another made history as Britain’s first female MP