Cornwall to stage rare performance of 14th-century Ordinalia cycle
A medieval amphitheatre within the far south-west of Cornwall is to be the venue within the autumn for a rare
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The Great British Art Tour: how a pop art image of Mick Jagger in custody highlighted hypocrisy
In 1957, British artist Richard Hamilton wrote a record that outlined his understanding of fashionable tradition: “Popular (designed for a
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Bidding war opens to decide the future of Edinburgh’s Royal High School
When famend Scottish architect Thomas Hamilton set about designing a house for Edinburgh’s Royal High School in the early 1800s,
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Rodin meets the Chapman Brothers and we go inside The Dig – the week in art
Exhibition of the week Rachel Kneebone Sensual and surreal sculptures that appear like the consequence of an unholy marriage between
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Marseille: a virtual tour through books, film, food and music
It’s not possible to be ambivalent about Marseille. Those of us who name town house – native and adopted Marseillais
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Backlash as Wallace Collection considers closing library to public
More than 10,000 individuals have signed a petition calling on the administration of London’s historic Wallace Collection to reject proposals
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Archaeologists unearth bronze age graves at Stonehenge tunnel site
Bronze age graves, neolithic pottery and the vestiges of a mysterious C-shaped enclosure that may have been a prehistoric industrial
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The Great British Art Tour: a lady of legend steps out of the shadows
This portray was purchased from the artist by Alfred A De Pass, a South African businessman and artwork collector who
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Mystery shipwrecks added to England’s national heritage list
The wrecks of two ships that sank off the south-east coast of England a while within the nineteenth century have
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Buried treasure: record UK haul fuelled by rise in metal detectorists
More than 1,300 items of treasure had been discovered in the UK throughout 2019 – the biggest haul since data
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