Hilary McGrady, director-general of the National Trust, chooses a painting she first encountered in childhood.
My Favourite Painting
My Favourite Painting: Johnnie Boden
Catalogue clothing entrepreneur Johnnie Boden chooses a fascinating still life.
My favourite painting: Bamber Gascoigne
'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: 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
Huntsman's owner Pierre Lagrange picks Dürer's 'Self-portrait at 28'.
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'