William Beckford
There’s not a trace of shaving foam in sight in the early Turners on show at Salisbury Museum
It has often been related how, towards the end of his long life, a critical barb got under J.M.W. Turner’s…
Cabinet of curiosity: we do not even know for sure the maker of the Sixtus Cabinet at Stourhead
Italian cabinets and tables decorated with inlaid semi-precious stones known as ‘pietre dure’ were a ‘must-have’ for English milords returning…