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...

After the Grenfell Tower fire, Londoners’ origins and living conditions are back at the centre of public debate. Whilst the number of...

For Christmas last year I was given a book called Brutal London. It is a ubiquitous publication, seemingly present in all gift shops and...

Vanessa Bell 1879–1961, Design for Omega Workshops Fabric, 1913, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, Image: 53.3 × 40.7 cm, Yale...