An Injection of Colour
Once monuments to functionalism and economy, hospitals are now a showcase for the best in contemporary art — and philanthropists…
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Own The Art Stock Exchange
Spear’s and Adam Dant, Spear’s cover artist and the winner of the Jerwood Prize, are offering a limited edition, hand-coloured…
ByI’m a Masterpiece, Get Me out of Here!
Should we worry when works by homegrown artists are whisked away by foreign buyers? Relax — it’s what their creators…
ByThe Fall of the House of Walworth
The Fall of the House of Walworth: A tale of madness and murder in Gilded Age America Geoffrey O’Brien Henry…
ByWhy Not Say What Happened?
Why Not Say What Happened? A memoir Ivana Lowell Bloomsbury, 304pp Review by Peter York A girl raised in a…
ByHard Times in Herculaneum
Taking your school-age kids to inspect Roman ruins is edifying, educational and enjoyable. Just be prepared for lots of snickering…
ByLife in the Flask Lane
Wowee — a hunt ball in upstate New York that’s a match for its booze-sodden English counterparts. Bottoms up, says…
ByIdle Thoughts
Ah, there’s nothing like a massive traffic jam on a stretch of the M4 to liberate one’s most tender, wistful…
ByWhen Worlds Collide
Art, architecture and design have always been seen as distant relatives, but now they are kissing cousins, says Anthony Haden-Guest…
ByGo Figure
Aesthetes may sniff at the very notion of buying art as an investment, but there’s no denying its potential. Just…
ByCold Snap
Is it the timing, the unfamiliar faces, or the dreadful waffle these people talk? Whatever it is, something about Frieze…
ByHigh Art Goes Hi-Tech
There’s more to digital design than gimmicks and gadgetry — which is why curators and collectors approach it as a…
ByAll the Cotswolds a Stage
A moment or two of quiet reflection on the banks of the Coln provides a calm yet compelling reminder of…
ByFall in the Mind
Was it the gorgeous autumn weather or the excitement of Fashion Week that brought on my moment of wedding-crashing madness,…
ByDude Looks Like a Lady
What gives the hard-working male executive the edge in these tough times? Plastic surgery, a makeover and a touch of…
ByA Spring in his Step
Diaghilev was no simple showman: working with the best composers and visual artists of his day, he took dance into…
ByWhen the Going Gets Toff
Ivan Lindsay on the current crop of aristocrats who are having to sell the family treasures in order to hang…
ByPussies Galore
Alessandro Tome on plagues of black cats, unprepossessing politicians and other unseemly augurs of ill fortune LA ISLA BLANCA, they…
ByChasing Goldman Sachs
How the Masters of the Universe Melted Wall Street… And Why They’ll Take Us to the Brink Again SUZANNE McGEE…
ByA Full Cup
Sir Thomas Lipton’s Extraordinary Life and his Quest for the America’s Cup MICHAEL D’ANTONIO Riverhead, 368pp Review by Peter York…
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