Your guide to celebrating Lucienne Day’s centenary year
During the course of her six-decade career, Lucienne Day earned a reputation as a virtuoso pattern designer and colourist worldwide for her distinctive textiles....
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Why You Should Invest in Mahogany Furniture for 2017
Mahogany furniture is back in vogue for 2017, so if you’re thinking about updating your home this season, read the Country & Town House...
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The Diary: January
Here’s your cultural guide to the month of January, including new art from Jean Rose and Monica Bonvicini and maps at the British Library. 1 January Dennison Smith spent time living with...
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Inside Robert Adam’s London at Sir John Soane’s Museum London
Sir John Soane’s Museum London is the historic house, museum and library of distinguished 19th century architect Sir John Soane. At Soane’s request, the...
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Where to see masterpieces in UK galleries
After the 17th Century masterpiece The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius travelled to Edinburgh to be exhibited at the National Galleries of Scotland, we list...
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Posing for Picasso: Lydia Corbett tells all
I left school aged 18 to live with my Maman, who was in Vallauris near Cannes and Antibes. My boyfriend, Toby, came to stay with...
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The Goldfinch arrives in Scotland
The 17th Century masterpiece The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius, which inspired the best selling novel of the same name by Donna Tartt, has arrived...
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Cecil Beaton: Photographs from the Performance film set
The S|2 gallery will display photographs taken by Beaton on the set of the iconic film directed by Nicholas Roeg, and starring James Fox and...
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The Diary: November
Here’s your cultural guide for the month of November. Galleries focus on colour and painting this month, while it’s all about hair at Somerset House. 1...
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Nettie Wakefield: The artist reinventing pencil drawings
Artist Nettie Wakefield talks films, inspiration and the best bed in ...
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Interiors: See Coco Chanel’s Parisian apartment pop-up
Following the Chanel apartment pop-up at New York’s Bergdorf Goodman, we look at why Coco Chanel’s style is still so prominent… Instagram @bergdorfs If you were to open up...
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The Fourth Plinth: Who is David Shrigley?
David Shrigley’s giant thumbs up is the 11th artwork to sit on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth. The changing artworks on the Fourth Plinth year after year...
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Interview: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders on his latest collaboration with Alessi
Marcel Wanders continues his longstanding relationship with Alessi by designing an exclusive collection of homeware inspired by the circus. He talks to Hollie Bell about his inspiration,...
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The Diary: September
From letter writing to Edward Ardizzone’s illustrations, this is your cultural guide to September 2016, whether you’re at home in town or the country. 10th ...
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Made in Britain: A showcase at Sotheby’s
As Sotheby’s brings us its latest showcase, Made in Britain, we review four years of great Britishness and give you a preview of an...
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Style notes: Pre-Raphaelites get a revamp for autumn
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. – William Morris. In September of 1848,...
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Records and Rebels: The Victoria & Albert Museum’s Artful Interiors
The latest exhibition of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s theatre and performance department inspires us to undergo a touch of curatorship in our own homes. Clementine Haxby...
