Lust in london

Nobody wants a brothel on their doorstep, but recognising prostitution as work could protect women, says Michelle Hather

Shop of the month Bennison Fabrics, No 16, ...

Visit any waterside tavern along the coast of Britain and you’re likely to hear some yarn about its smuggling past, no doubt embellished with each sip of ale: barrels clandestinely offloaded onto a mo

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

The dandy’s role as icon and irritant

The style set is returning to the very neighbourhoods it once made a habit of spurning, finds Will Hosie