The female haze

THE ROYAL ACADEMY’S SUMMER EXHIBITION makes its selection from approximately 1,800 submitted works. Royal Academicians like Katherine and also Vanessa Jackson, Philip Sutton, David Hockney and Michael

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

Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua, bargained, cajoled and went behind her family’s back to get what she desired. Meet 16th-century Italy’s most formidable collector

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

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

Mottisfont House THE romanticism of an artist modelling ...