Austen power!

With a strength of character that belied her fragile looks, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun pushed the boundaries of royal portraiture and, after the French Revolution, challenged the loss of female influence via every frill and fold in her work

Our books editor Zoe West gives us her favourite picks for the month

HARRY HADDEN-PATON AND LAURA CARMICHAEL PLAY BERTIE AND LADY EDITH PELHAM

Sarah Parish has just completed a five-hour road trip from Cornwall following a “nice little three-day break” with her actor husband James Murray and some close pals – a refreshing pause in a life run

Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern ...

Spending time in the garden helped me to play the Queen in The Crown. I would go out there with the dog, trying to speak like her. Jim [Imelda’s husband and Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter] saw me and