'The house is full of images of him. However, the story ends sadly – he died at the age of 11, in 1922.'
My Favourite Painting
My Favourite Painting: Rupert Soames, grandson of Winston Churchill
Rupert Soames chooses one of Winston Churchill's paintings: a joyous portrait of his grandmother by his grandfather.
My Favourite Painting: Maria Speake
Architectural designer and salvage pioneer Maria Speake chooses an image that speaks to her Danish roots.
My favourite painting: Lady Sarah Chatto
‘I find the colours and the drawing of the Italian landscape inspirational and each time I stand and contemplate this painting, I discover something new about it.’
My Favourite Painting: Pierre Lagrange
Michael Hall chooses Tiepolo's An Allegory with Venus and Time.
My favourite painting: Michael Hall
An Allegory with Venus and Time, 1754, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), 115in by 75in, National Gallery, London Michael Hall chooses An Allegory with Venus and Time ‘I read Michael…
My favourite painting: Adam Zamoyski
'One look at the picture evokes the stiff-terrier-legged, rat-murdering, wild-boar-defying bravery and the heart-melting sweetness of the little thing that brings so much joy to our lives.'
My favourite painting: Lulu Lytle
'My yearning for the exotic was fuelled by its intoxicating combination of all things opulent and Eastern.'
My Favourite Painting: Kate Mosse
Author Kate Mosse chooses The Last Judgement by John Martin as her favourite painting.
My favourite painting: Claudia Schiffer
'I remember seeing the ‘Camouflage’ series for the first time. I decided: one day, I’m going to own one of those.'
My favourite painting: Chris Patten
'It exemplifies one of the most important values in public life–or in all life, for that matter–namely, magnanimity.'
My Favourite Painting: Simon Dickinson
Art expert Simon Dickinson chooses The Flight into Egypt by Jacopo Bassano.
My favourite painting: Susan Crawford
'You can feel and smell that horse and the exuberant confidence of the lad riding bareback.'
My favourite painting: Nick Davies
'Now I’m a grandfather myself, I know the adoration in the old man’s face'.
My Favourite Painting: Caroline Quentin
Actress Caroline Quentin chooses a haunting image of childhood by Augustus John.
My Favourite Painting: Sir Jim Paice
Sir Jim Paice, chairman of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, makes his choice – and it's one of the undisputed classic images of the English countryside.
My favourite painting: Martin Kemp
'The perspective appealed to my scientific instincts, with its geometry incised into the white gesso priming'
My favourite painting: Tristram Hunt
'Brown’s multi-layered painting celebrates not only the virtue of labour, but also the power of intellect'
My favourite painting: Marcus Agius
'I was fortunate to be present in New York in 1987 at the auction where the painting achieved its then world-record price of $53.9 million'