Ties between Britain and Hawai‘i ran deep, so much that the Union Jack was included in the Pacific country’s new flag and its coat of arms was designed in London, as a British Museum exhibition highlights

Exhibition of the week Samurai British Museum, London ...

Exhibition of the week Anna Ancher: Painting Light ...

Samurai rose to be global emblems of honour and courage, but their story doesn’t always match the myths they told about themselves, as a British Museum exhibition shows

Amateur botanist John Bradby Blake and his collaborators never completed their illustrated record of Chinese flora, but they still stoked Britain’s passion for the Asian country’s plants

Michaelina Wautier is one of the most compelling rediscoveries in Baroque painting. Working in 17th-century Brussels, she tackled subjects usually reserved for men, producing still lifes, portraits an