Illustration by Anna Seibæk Torp-Pedersen. Upon taking someone to the opera for the first time, I might well choose Puccini’s La Bohème....

Bill Haley, Rock Around the Clock, 1950s, Lathe/hand-cut record on x-ray film. X-RAY AUDIO Collection What would you do if tomorrow your...

Author's own photograph It is the nature of a city not to be complete. There are endless routes that city planners, architects and...

Image courtesy of Carmen on the Lake In posing the question – what is fundamental to an opera? – to a range of opera lovers and opera...

'Perfume: A Sensory Journey Through Contemporary Scent' at Somerset House. Photograph by Peter MacDiarmid After the virtual reality show...

Author's own image Hockney. He doesn’t need his first name. The hair, the glasses, the colours – his art is as recognisable as it is...

The gastronomic offerings of London are ever-expanding. Cuisines from around the globe abound in the city; it’s not without reason that...

Author's own image Wet clay is a messy material. It fills the creases between your fingers. It gets under your nails. Drying on the back...

Beatrix Swanson Scott is a guest writer for the Courtauldian. She is studying for a BA in Liberal Arts at King’s College London. Evanna...

Past & Present: The Singapore Pavilion by Bianca Schor Zai Kuning, Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge, 2017, at the Singapore...