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…
ByArchipelago A-Go-Go!
Penelope Bennett unfurls her sarong, slips into her fanciest flip-flops, fastens a hibiscus behind one ear and samples the swishest…
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…
ByThe Links Effect
Herbert Kohler tells Josh Spero about the bunker-shots and holes-in-one of his life — on and off the golf course…
ByDaddy Cool
Former Caprice Holdings poster boy Russell Norman has a new look and a trio of new restaurants inspired by Italy…
ByHis Nibs
Nick Foulkes surveys his ranks of fine writing instruments, selects his shade of ink and a leaf of smart stationery…
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…
ByChoppy Waters
You’ve bought the yacht – now what? Life on the high seas (or even in the crowded marinas of Nice)…
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…
ByReady, Jet-Set, Go!
Jamaica is overcoming the headlines and returning to the glamour of the Fifties. Those were the days, says William Cash…
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,…
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