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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Met Gala dress code is 'Fashion is Art'. But is it? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Does McQueen equal Mondrian? And is Dior on a par with Dalí? Susanne Madsen weighs in. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susanne Madsen ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pNNjbrZJ3N4U9J5UXfWx4a-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Haute couture is the pinnacle of fashion dressmaking and legally protected in France, but does it constitute art?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Coco Rocha on the runway in a large, feather-like haute couture dress]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘Vandalised, disembowelled and dismembered’: Artist Jack Milroy gives books a brutal treatment with beautiful results  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The artist, now 87, once ate tinned sardines for 100 lunches in a row for his craft. He speaks to Lotte Brundle ahead of a new London exhibition. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Art &amp; Exhibitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VbSRpoG2pY6MM75QqczBsS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Opening night at Jack Milroy&#039;s new exhibition: bright and brilliant.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Opening night at Jack Milroy&#039;s new exhibition]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The world has gone Lilliputian: The 21st-century renaissance of the dolls' house ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A renewed interest in opulent dolls' houses is allowing artisans to indulge their wilder miniature flights of fancy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Art &amp; Exhibitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Gavin Plumley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F4JWYzdGCmdAErq8CWLAnh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Lucy and Rebecca Clayton are creating perfect worlds in miniature.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A young girl peers at a dolls house]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A glass act: This centuries-old craft is alive and well ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From Venice to Netflix, blown glass as an art form still captures the imagination. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Art &amp; Exhibitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Claire Jackson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3v3aEs779jTrgPQQouGrn5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dale Chihuly has long been one of the world&#039;s premier glass artists.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A red tentacled Chihuly Glass Sculpture at the Dallas Arboretum at night, Texas USA]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'First, all the Georgian silver goes, and then all that furniture. Then, the Canalettos go': The anatomy of a country-house sale ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Country-house sales used to be the preserve of Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Now the choice is far wider, Huon Mallalieu shares his top tips on where and how to disperse a collection. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Huon Mallalieu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2fsLbeZQqrGT8pkEibuDDH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Derek Duggan&#039;s collection is being sold by Bellmans, thanks to the established relationship between seller and auctioneer. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Room filled with curiosities ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Alphonse Mucha: The Czech artist who went from penurious obscurity to foundational figure of Art Nouveau movement  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Although most celebrated for his graphic work, Mucha also embraced sculpture and the decorative arts and designed everything from cutlery to textiles, stained-glass windows and jewellery. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Art &amp; Exhibitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7zByitcrBZmmdpuZYncEZ7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Beautiful woman sitting and praying in nature by Mucha]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Beautiful woman sitting and praying in nature by Mucha]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A distinguished copy of 'Salvator Mundi' is now on offer — could it also be the truest to Leonardo da Vinci's vision? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ One of the roughly 20 known versions of 'Salvator Mundi', executed by da Vinci's workshop, is being unveiled at TEFAF Maastricht, on the stand of British dealer Agnews Gallery. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Art &amp; Exhibitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oXbYnptJUbA6dMzysrM55K-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&#039;Salvator Mundi&#039; (de Ganay version) or &#039;Christ as Salvator Mundi&#039; by the studio of Leonardo da Vinci, oil on walnut panel, 27 x 19 1/4in (68.6 x 48.9cm), c. 1505-1515.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Christ as Salvator Mundi wearing a red and blue robe]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Easel on the eye: The genius of John Piper ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ John Piper was a modernist who rejected Modernism, a versatile artist who defied categories, but one who remained true to the spirit and detail of the places he painted ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C8qXrYiNYsbadHu8kASNUM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Piper&#039;s most famous work is the stained glass that he created, alongside Patrick Reyntiens, for the Baptistry Window at Coventry Cathedral.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[3D57E2A Baptistry window at Coventry Cathedral with sunlight illumination the stained glass]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pamela Goodman: In the battle of the beauties, Mona Lisa will always come out on top ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our monthly travel columnist and her family struggle to agree on whether Mona Lisa is a beauty for the ages or a plain Jane. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Art &amp; Exhibitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Pamela Goodman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rsxd7uaZ4DsP9cCjTRfH48-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[People gather around the &#039;Mona Lisa&#039; on January 4, 1914 in Paris France, after it was stolen from the Musee du Louvre by Vincenzo Peruggia in 1911.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ People gather around the Mona Lisa painting in 1914 in Paris after it was stolen from the Musee du Louvre]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A right royal affair with the stars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientific curiosity with the cosmos gripped the Royal Family for centuries, as Matthew Dennison reveals ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Art &amp; Exhibitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matthew Dennison ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3BGtKgzhe2qkoBkCCYmQxK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Royal Observatory in Greenwich was commissioned by Charles II in 1675. It has played a key role in the history of astronomy and navigation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Autumn view of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, London]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Thomas Gainsborough means one thing in Britain. He means another in America ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gilded Age industrialists were mad for the quintessentially English artist. A new exhibition at The Frick in New York City, focused on fashion in his portraiture, sets the stage for a revival. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Holmes ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qsFaGLNS72Zcups7ix6cg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&#039;Mr and Mrs Andrews&#039; is an oil on canvas portrait of about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the National Gallery, London. Today, it is one of his most famous works, but little was known about it until 1960 because it remained in the family of the sitters.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Portrait painting by Gainsborough ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sir Antony Gormley: Why I am continually captivated by Adriaen de Vries’s radical sculpture Antiope and Theseus ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Sir Antony Gormley writes about why Adriaen de Vries’s sculpture  may look vastly different from his own, 'Reflect', but still shares with it a fascination with balance and instability. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sir Antony Gormley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HysYwjana4YRrzugAMnxiH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sir Antony Gormley&#039;s &#039;Reflect&#039;, part of his exhibition Sight, stands at the Dionysus House at the archeological site of the island of Delos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on May 3, 2019.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The statue Reflect by renowned British artist Antony Gormley, part of his exhibition Sight stands at the Dionysus House at the archeological site of the island of Delos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on May 3, 2019. - Near the Greek island of Mykonos, in the Cyclades, the uninhabited island of Delos, known for its archaeological riches, hosts for the first time on an ancient Greek site an exhibition of contemporary art: 29 sculptures by the British artist Antony Gormley. The exhibition will run until October 30, 2019. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'He was a French artist enamoured with light and colour, movement and lightness' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An upcoming auction at Dreweatts will see works by Paul Lucien Maze up for sale. James Fisher delights in the artist's chronicling of mid-20th-century British life. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ James Fisher ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GtxFp898thMdcW6wM6Zdeb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&#039;Cowes Regatta, Isle of Wight, 1930&#039; by Paul Lucien Maze]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A picture depicting Cowes regatta by Maze]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Write side up: The enduring influence of literature in art ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The most sensual pictures of women sprang from Ovid's verses, the Aeneid gave Turner his longest-lasting subject matter and Edward Burne-Jones saw himself in Arthur's deathless slumber. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:35:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Art &amp; Exhibitions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3brgw72M95iw2pYzg3La7V-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[John Everett Millais went to extreme lengths to commit Shakespeare&#039;s tragic heroine Ophelia to canvas in 1851–2.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Millais painting. Ophelia by Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896), oil on canvas, 1851-2.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pushing back against a culture of disposability: The enduring importance of craft ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Corrine Julius grapples with a world dominated by mass production, digital life, AI and explains why the unique and the tangible is spearheading a renaissance. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Corinne Julius ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sbuoLTwxVVeJgmSCwNzf8W-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.jaggedart.com/artists/25-alison-gautrey/overview/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Distortion bowl by Alison Gautrey.&lt;/a&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A beam of light shines on a bowl]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'He allowed lion and a tiger to prowl around the castle and, if an unfortunate servant was mauled, they were paid compensation': Exotic animals in art ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Exotic animals — whether dreamy-eyed rhinos, improbable flocks of birds from different latitudes or muscular big cats rendered in exact detail — captured the eye of artists in Europe, but also in their native countries. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Prodger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AtnB32oed6KPikZoL8o6Xj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Rubens’s dramatic &#039;&lt;em&gt;Tiger, Lion and Leopard Hunt&#039;&lt;/em&gt;, 1621, one of four hunting works for Maximilian I of Bavaria.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rubens’s &#039;Tiger, Lion and Leopard Hunt&#039;]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'He was really the most radical artist of the 19th century': Georges Seurat at the Courtauld Gallery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Georges Seurat spent much of his short life painting the quietude of the Northern French coast, honing his rigorous technique on the play of light, sky and water. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9gdF24QzTtLhCKc6Rnc3Ck-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat. Men, women, children and dogs enjoy a sunny afternoon by a river]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat. Men, women, children and dogs enjoy a sunny afternoon by a river]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This Civil War coat and armour has survived four centuries in almost perfect condition —apart from the hole made by the musket ball that killed the man who wore it  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ John Goodall visits Doddington Hall in Lincolnshire to discover the tale of one of its most extraordinary artefacts: the coat worn by a 17th century nobleman when he was killed during one of the key battles of the English Civil War. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L52DWUcXK9XuViMtckaGpk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[James Birch holds John Hussey&#039;s coat and armour at Doddginton Hall ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[James Birch holds John Hussey&#039;s coat and armour at Doddginton Hall ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘I don't consider myself to be a nepo baby at all’: Caroline Avedon on preserving her grandfather's legacy — and her consuming passions ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Caroline initially wanted to be a lawyer, but now that she works for Richard Avedon’s foundation, she can’t imagine doing anything else, finds Lotte Brundle. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bmTgjNqQqrXzw73CPye6UP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The lauded photographer Richard Avedon died when his granddaughter was five, but Caroline still has ‘incredibly vivid’ memories of him.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Caroline Avedon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cybele and Juno statues finally return to Stowe's south-front portico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The statues were originally lost after a content sale, but have been dutifully re-created as part of an ongoing restoration programme. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Julie Harding ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zGs2uYNKPNmTY7j3Baf8be-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A study in sculpture: 10 of the finest pieces from the Royal Collection ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new catalogue in four volumes explores the extraordinary riches of the sculpture in the Royal Collection. Its author, Sir Jonathan Marsden, selects 10 of his favourite works that reflect the diversity of this astonishing collection. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sir Jonathan Marsden ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gPwp2b2k36aQbQjaYmzRz6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Eileen Soper: The 'schoolgirl among the masters' with paintings in millions of homes, even yours ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Renowned for illustrating the ‘Famous Five’ series, the mercurial, motorcar-obsessed Eileen Soper lived a bucolic and eccentric life. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ian Morton ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SXpwULFNDwapDMdDqUwmDB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[ The First two Famous Five Children&#039;s Hardback Books by Enid Blyton 1940s ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ The First two Famous Five Children&#039;s Hardback Books by Enid Blyton 1940s ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A mesmerising portrait in the eerie country house that inspired Charlotte Brontë to write 'Jane Eyre' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A dark episode in the family history of Norton Conyers inspired  a young Charlotte Brontë to write Jane Eyre —but the hidden attic is just one of many treasures in this grand Yorkshire house. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/65Y7ntK8sy2GEJWsg6cTwG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Norton Conyers in North Yorkshire inspired Charlotte Brontë to write &#039;Jane Eyre&#039;.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Norton Conyers in North Yorkshire as pictured in Country Life ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The monk strap: Where did the shoe with sole and sophistication come from? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Amie Elizabeth White charts the history of the monk strap shoe — beloved by Clark Gable, Cary Grant and James Bond. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amie Elizabeth White ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qRoZd5Qg82dHdw3t2rfTMV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Twenty momentous photographs from the last 100 years that define our history   ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every photograph tells a story and none more so than these 20 unforgettable ones. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lucy Ford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2ZuHi78t75NjZyCYLoaQ7n-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 'micro mosaic' at Holkham Hall that uses a fascinating, unusual technique pioneered by the Vatican ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ John Goodall speaks to the Earl of Leicester about one of the most unusual and beautiful objects at Holkham Hall in Norfolk. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Goodall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZWwEqcydZVm8mzb8LjSLWd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Holkham micro mosaic was bought from the collection of the Palazzo Mignanelli by Thomas William Coke on his Grand Tour in 1771–74. It originally came from the theatre at Gubbio.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The micro mosaic at Holkham Hall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tate-à-tête: The National Gallery’s promise to grow its modern-art collection risks reopening old wounds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The National Gallery's announcement of a new wing and more modern art promises to reignite a historic rivalry with Tate. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tGcQydUHN2mDSQCHFmA7bY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The artistic and historical treasures in Ireland that you must visit at least once in a lifetime  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In our new series, Charlotte Mullins explores the visual history of the British Isles in 50 treasures, from Ice Age caves to Sutton Hoo. Her first instalment looks at the treasures to be found in Ireland. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charlotte Mullins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LdUSBehVigiXZ82Rz9iqf8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Brú na Bóinne tombs in Co Meath are a testament to the ingenuity and creativity of our prehistoric ancestors as they began to form permanent farming communities.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A popular tourist spot in Ireland.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Forget Bond, the understated George Smiley is fiction's greatest spy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As a new exhibition in Oxford charts John le Carré’s legacy, Emma Hughes takes a closer look at his most enduring creation, George Smiley. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Hughes ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bRRVPqFxduJXYmpBaKNbeF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Gary Oldman as George Smiley in  Tomas Alfredson&#039;s 2011 adaptation of &lt;em&gt;Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy&lt;/em&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Gary Oldman as George Smiley walking down a London street]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How the spirit of Andy Warhol lives on through Christmas ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Andy Warhol found Christmas a tricky time, yet threw himself into the festivities and, when he decided to illustrate his series on American myths, he had no doubt he should include the jolly old man in the bright red suit. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gvQtcjSH6tW7tNJwBr5RSG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Has the secret of Vermeer’s most enigmatic masterpiece finally been revealed? A British art historian’s controversial claim to have uncovered the true identity of 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Andrew Graham-Dixon talks to Carla Passino about Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' — an iconic example of Dutch Golden Age art and one of the most famous paintings in the world. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y4R5v5DdUKBd8N8ZBdh4v7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mystery solved? The enigmatic &#039;&lt;em&gt;Girl with a Pearl Earring&#039;&lt;/em&gt; is most likely to be Magdalena van Ruijven, the daughter of Vermeer’s patrons, according to &#039;&lt;em&gt;Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found&#039;.&lt;/em&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Vermeer&#039;s Girl with a Pearl Earring]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dragonflies, flowers, dogs and lobsters: The 17th century nature brought back to life by the paintings of Alexander Marshal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Alexander Marshal —this country’s first major botanical painter — deserves to be better known, writes Tiffany Daneff, after seeing his luminous originals in the Royal Collection. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tiffany Daneff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G9KMDA54WSgLqGjgpJebXB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A sunflower, brought to England from the Americas in the 16th century, and pictured — rather wonderfully — with a quizzical greyhound. Animals decorate many of Marshal&#039;s paintings.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Paintings of Alexander Marshal ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The accidental Impressionist who captures country life on canvas ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Painting a local cricket match, Sherree Valentine-Daines received an invitation that changed her career and led her to become artist-in-residence at Goodwood ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Swi7hxN5eMhvmbsEZUWdmg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The greatest flowers make the greatest art ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A search for still-life subjects led Kate Friend to some of the greatest gardens and gardeners in the country ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tiffany Daneff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DSonzAGMdkfcLoCFr7e3HV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The British Museum's successful attempt to save a Tudor-era pendant with links to Henry VIII is proof that the institution is on the up ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ After years of neglect and controversy, Britain's premier cultural institution seems to be finding its feet again. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Athena ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bzBrQ43XZYyXrmtCZqtaR8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Discovered in 2019 by a metal detectorist in Warwickshire, the Tudor Heart, a spectacular gold pendant linked to King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, went on display at the British Museum last year, as they launched a major fund raising campaign to acquire it permanently for the nation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Who won the rivalry between Turner and Constable? It was us, the public ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A forthcoming exhibition at Tate Britain that revives the rivalry between these two 19th century painters sheds new light on their relationship. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ncRHZnq4uSCZ5VZB2jLFyJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Turner&#039;s The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Turner&#039;s The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Love, desire, faith, passion, intimacy, God, spiritual consciousness, curiosity and adventure': The world of Stanley Spencer, a very English visionary  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Stanley Spencer’s talent for seeing the spiritual in the everyday, his stirring sense for the wonder of Nature and his love for the landscapes of Berkshire and Suffolk shaped his art, as Matthew Dennison reveals. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matthew Dennison ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VouNYNPyUoFL89QYap7SLh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Cookham to the core: Stanley Spencer’s self-confessed ‘personal value of the Englishness of England’ is evident in his 1936 work &lt;em&gt;View from Cookham Bridge&lt;/em&gt;.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Stanley Spencer (1891-1959). View from Cookham Bridge, 1936]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A painting owned by Edward Guinness is on display next to a near identical version at Kenwood House — but which one is the real Vermeer? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A mini exhibition at Kenwood House allows viewers to ‘to practise their own connoisseurship’. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:58:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Prodger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8VNv3b7oYzK9dZBYqw8JbX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Vermeer&#039;s &#039;The Guitar Player&#039; at Kenwood House]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Vermeer&#039;s &#039;The Guitar Player&#039; at Kenwood House]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The King of Hell was fat from gorging on souls and he expelled some more from his bowels': The many guises of the Devil Antiquity to present day ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Taking as many guises as his names, the Prince of Lies turned at times into a man-devouring ogre, a mutant medley of claws, horns and wings, or the brooding rebel that lit the imagination of Romantic painters. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:57:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7KrMRAbsvh8VXhLfRkBVKM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A diabolical warning: the damned are devoured by a huge, bloodthirsty Devil in Fra Angelico’s 1431 &#039;&lt;em&gt;The Last Judgement&#039;.&lt;/em&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fra Angelico’s 1431 The Last Judgement]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Our never-ending interest in magic and the occult, from Elizabethan England to Donald Trump's presidency  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As Haddon Hall’s rooms, complete with historic witches' marks, are transformed into exhibits that explore witchcraft and evil spirits, Lotte Brundle explores our continued fascination with the supernatural. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:58:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TEmVrLqtmmtZi9HVQFrJyH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new exhibition at Haddon Hall explores all the things that go bump in the night.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Interiors of Haddon Hall]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A five minute guide to Wayne Thiebaud — the artist who 'reinvented still life as a genre and found fame in the process' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Courtauld Institute is staging the first-ever exhibition of Wayne Thiebaud's work. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YvwD6gqFbmBqeY5cE9sMvT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wayne Thiebaud in his studio in Sacramento with his painting &#039;Pies&#039; in the background. Photographed by Betty Jean Thiebaud, in 1961. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Wayne Thiebaud in 1961, sitting with crossed arms infront of one of his still life paintings of slices of cake]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What is everyone talking about this week: Does Britain need its own Met Gala? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Will Hosie questions what form the British Museum's upcoming fundraising gala should take. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:58:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tep6ALYEWziy67DJ9VmKNm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Zendaya attends the 2024 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Zendaya on the steps of the Met Gala]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Five émigré artists who greatly enriched Britain's intellectual and creative scenes  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Frieze Masters kicks off this week and several contributing galleries are using it to shine a spotlight on the artistic contribution of émigrés past and present. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WhMX5A2dTuxn8xem25yMpj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Lucien Freud in 2005. The artist sought refuge in Britain, from Germany, in 1933. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lucien Freud in his studio, at nighttime, topless]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A handy five minute guide to Frieze — and the things you really don’t want to miss ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The London art fair returns this week. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:58:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rosie Paterson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wsRQBLtmik9SkmNn4Scka5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Gilbert &amp; George exhibition at the Hayward Gallery is not to be missed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[People stand in a gallery and look at art]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Nine of Britain's most beautiful and awe-inspiring painted ceilings from the Country Life archive ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Our round-up of some of the Britain's prettiest painted ceilings is a good reminder to always look up. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melanie Bryan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PyzGerUrXbiv849gPi52Dn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection, charts a century of regal taste ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Edward VII swept away the cobwebs of mid-Victorian style, Queen Mary had passion for all things small and the Queen Mother bought rather avant-garde art. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tim Knox ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dX7eAEh5ZwNdsdviUezhFo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The billiard room at Osborne House which opens off the drawing room through a screen of columns. Queen Victoria sometimes played billiards after lunch.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Osborne House billiard room]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘One of the most amazing spaces in London’: Two Hogarth murals, inside an 18th century London hospital, are to go on public display for the first time ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ St Bartholomew's Hospital’s north wing is to open as a visitor attraction and events space — while the rest of the hospital will continue to operate as normal. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lotte Brundle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QaGsYchgWjFSYv3zpfM2y5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The art fairs and exhibitions bringing colour to this autumn ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Country Life details the museums and galleries that are putting on a show this season. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:58:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Country Life ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8nqkwgfWjxT65iFSgYqFYd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Diversity in style and diversity in location: London's best art is all around us ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ London's hotels, pubs and restaurants show the great depth of the capital's artistic tastes. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Will Hosie ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HNCGQ8D5SBoVRUYdXt8iQP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Oskar Proctor/Broadwick Soho]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Enough to make any museum blush, works on the walls of Broadwick Soho include pieces by Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Victor Pasmore and Zanele Muholi.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artwork adorns the walls at the Broadwick in Soho]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ ‘A stone pounding artist — who exclaims in his sleep, “Think of me standing upon a pinnacle of the Andes — or sketching a Fuegian Glacier!!!”’ ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When fate handed artist Conrad Martens the chance to join HMS Beagle, he captured the Patagonian flatlands, the shores of Tierra del Fuego and the peaks of the Andes with aplomb. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:58:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carla Passino ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/esUsQ6omTXziWu3aCKLtwA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The approach to Montevideo in Uruguay, captured by Conrad Martens in 1832.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A painting of a wide beige landscape]]></media:text>
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