Signs of the times

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

Quiz of the week 1) Which London landmark ...

With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism–and there are far more of them than you might imagine, says Tom Howells

FROM LORCA: THE DRAWINGS BY HELEN OPPENHEIMER (1987) ...

Colour provides an avenue into ‘worlds’, or spheres-of-being, other than that recognised by everyday perception”.1 So said the artist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, summarising the colour-theory of t

Few objects in the long history of the Catholic church stir the imagination quite like the fabled sedia stercoraria. With a name that roughly translates as ‘dung chair’, the myth of the so-called papa