Art crime investigation – from the Nazis to Syria and Iraq
Art crime is a peculiar thing, existing somewhere between the ugly world of armed robbery and the gilded halls of…
ByArt crime is a peculiar thing, existing somewhere between the ugly world of armed robbery and the gilded halls of…
ByIf there is one figure who filters through late-20th-century design for the chic set, it’s Mark Birley. Hubert Zandberg, no…
ByIt’s been a substantial year in art, not least in the continued growth of the market: sales from Christie’s and…
ByWe review the year in art as the market grows and galleries adapt, as well as who had the stand…
ByFirst there were pubs. British pubs in the traditional sense served beer, ale, spirits and the food offering usually consisted…
ByNow that December is in full swing you are officially allowed to embrace Christmas. That means it is time to…
ByThe Amalfi coast has a range of glorious, if at times scary, coastal drives and gorgeous scenery. Given the number…
ByScotch has taken a beating recently. The home of whisky seems to have passed its crown to the likes of…
ByA sunny evening in Berkeley, California, in 1979. Along one of the leafy avenues of this prosperous and quiet neighbourhood…
ByThere is nothing better at this time of year, as we speed yet again towards Christmas, than a fine dessert…
ByIn a royal palace in central Vienna, Austria, a white-haired doctor is placing himself carefully on an electronic scale, bending…
ByLondon’s Blitz in the Second World War being so much part of common consciousness, one doesn’t often pause to think…
ByKwasi Kwarteng, the Tory MP for Spelthorne, is the son of Ghanaian immigrants and was educated at Eton as a…
ByOne of the challenges faced by legal jurisdictions worldwide in the 21st century is keeping up with the continuing advances…
ByAudrey Hepburn photographed in Givenchy by Norman Parkinson, 1955 © Norman Parkinson Ltd In a little-known period of her early…
ByThe time is approaching 4pm and I am running late for afternoon tea. The cottage pie I ate earlier was…
ByThere was a time when it seemed that Britain as a manufacturing country was dead. Received opinion was that we’d…
ByAs we know, it is difficult to transition businesses heavily dependent on a successful leader, even with a strong corporate…
ByAs Europe looks to Asia for new business, the tiny but wealthy state of Liechtenstein is loaning its treasure trove…
ByAngela Kail digs into the debate around private schools, public schools and tax breaks Tristam Hunt has reopened the debate…
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