Making its mark on culture

ILLUMINATORS THE ART OF THE SCRIBE Practical ...

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

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt, featuring 42 quilts and 23 individual panels, honours 384 individuals affected by HIV and AIDS. Part of the world’s largest community art project, it has been shown globall

Whether they knew his name or not, whole generations of Brits were familiar with the work of Reginald Mount, who lent his talents to the Ministry of Information during World War Two and beyond. Mount,

Camels and souks , Jerusalem and Petra are once again capturing people’s imagination, as a crop of sales earlier in the spring demonstrates

Modern high streets are dotted with coffee chains, cafes and tea shops of all kinds, but in the late 19th century the tea shop was a groundbreaking innovation. A genteel alternative to bawdy pubs or t