The discoveries of new poems by Sappho in 2004 and 2014, particularly the near-completion of the Tithonus poem, excited both scholarly...

Tom Stuart and Beru Tessema in ‘Edward II’ at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse (Photo: Marc Brenner) I would not usually be compelled to write...

The one time I take a week off from bringing you a window into the world of news and all hell breaks loose. Since I last wrote, March...

Non-Conformist, Eileen Gray, 1926 (Image: eileengray.co.uk) One of my least favourite questions, right after “what are your plans after...

As I am currently on the Constructing Empires Constellation Course, I was particularly excited to see two historical movies, Mary Queen...

Yves Klein, Blue Venus works on display at Blenheim Palace, 2018 (Photo: Vogue) Colour is a concerningly abstract and amorphous concept...

All of my visits to Tate Modern have been a hit or miss. There’s a very inorganic feel to it as an institution. Maybe it’s the multitude...

On Thursday 28 March, British-Ghanaian artist Adelaide Damoah will present ‘Into the Mind of the Coloniser’, in the Virginia Woolf Room...

BUMPER END-OF-TERM EDITION Illustration by Rhiannon Powell This week I begin with a story that has been bubbling away for some time now,...

As promised, last week was a big one for Brexit. In my last column, I outlined what was planned, in this one I’ll recount what actually...