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Trafalgar Square celebrates 25 years of Fourth Plinth art — but is it time for a permanent piece?
Seven shortlisted ideas for the next stint on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square are currently on display — but some say it is now time for a more permanent fixture.
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The art heist with a happy ending, 15 years later
In a heist with a happy ending, a stolen Lavery oil made its way back to Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, where it now inspires headmaster John Browne, as Carla Passino discovers.
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Malvern College
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'The most wonderful painting in existence', once sold for £30 and considered less valuable than its frame, is back in London
Flaming June by Frederick, Lord Leighton, has seen its reputation rise, fall, and rise again in the 128 years since it first went on public display. Carla Passino charts its path.
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My Favourite Painting: Norman Foster
The great architect Norman Foster — aka Lord Foster of Thames Bank — chooses a Lowry given to him as a present by his wife.
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Bert Hardy: The photographer who chronicled mid-century Britain, from the Blitz to Blackpool
The work of photographer Bert Hardy is celebrated in a new show at The Photographers’ Gallery in London.
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My Favourite Painting: Sir Karl Jenkins
The composer Sir Karl Jenkins chooses an Italian painting which came to him in to his life in fascinating circumstances.
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The ancient mapmakers who shaped the world as we still see it centuries later
The desire to chart the world around us is an impulse as old as time and some map-makers’ efforts have an astonishing longevity, reveals Matthew Dennison.
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Miniature heroes: The tiny portraits that delight, amuse, and have changed the course of English history
Over the centuries, miniatures sealed marriages, captured stolen glances and — in one unforgettable instance — tipped the balance power in Tudor England. Huon Mallalieu delves into the history of these often small and always perfectly formed portraits.
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My Favourite Painting: Ashley Campbell
The actor Ashley Campbell on a work that 'explodes with vivid, almost graffiti-like strokes'.
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Andy Murray: My favourite painting
Sir Andy Murray, the double Wimbledon champion, Olympic gold medallist and former world number one, chooses his favourite painting for Country Life.
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A dispatch box, a bottle of whisky and some frogs — estate of Baroness Betty Boothroyd going under the hammer
Items belonging to the first female Speaker of the House of Commons will be auctioned off for charity next week
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My favourite painting: Keith Halstead
Keith Halstead of the Royal Countryside Fund chooses a scenic image by Edward Seago.
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How to tie the only knots you'll ever need
The 'Surrey Six' is a collection of ways to tie rope that, for most people, are the only six knots you'll ever need. Agnes Stamp tries her hand at tying them, and looks in to the lore of knot tying.
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The most incredible drinks cabinet you'll ever see: 'Who wouldn't want to have a whisky out of a hippo?'
Not just a bronze sculpture by a modern French master, but a bronze sculpture which opens to reveal a whisky bar. Carla Passino found out more from the art dealer who fell so hopelessly in love with the piece that he was desperate to buy it himself.
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My favourite painting: Melanie Vandenbrouck
Melanie Vandenbrouck, chief curator at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, chooses a Jadé Fadojutimi image.
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The 102-year-old, the armed robbers and the 'blazing' Picasso which helped Sotheby's sell $1 billion of art in a month
November's major auctions witnessed some truly extraordinary sales — not least thanks to the sale of the collection of Emily Fisher Landau. Huon Mallalieu takes a look.
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My favourite painting: Gavin Plumley
Gavin Plumley, author and cultural historian, selects an unusual canvas with two painters credited.
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The English country house as seen in the art of Turner, Constable and their modern-day successors
Ever since a craze for house portraits reached Britain in the 17th century, great artists such as J. M. W. Turner have been producing sweeping vistas of stately Edens, observes Michael Prodger.
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My Favourite Painting: Martha Lytton Cobbold
Martha Lytton Cobbold of Historic Houses selects a magnificent depiction of the power of nature.
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Vaughan: Masters of past and present
Drawing inspiration from antiques, designers Lucy and Michael Vaughan create striking designs that combine the best of classic and contemporary.
