To begin with a bit of art news for a change, at Sotheby’s New York this week one of Claude Monet’s series of haystack paintings was sold...

In a relatively quiet week for news, there was a burst of activity when it was announced that the new Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle,...

When I heard that the theme of this year’s Met Ball was based on Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay ‘Notes on Camp’ I was both excited and...

This first week back for MPs, my column, and all Courtauld students was shaping up to be a suspiciously peaceful one, that was until the...

S-1500 by Snøhetta (Image: snohetta.com) A few weeks ago, I shared some facts about this chair on The Courtauldian’s Instagram page as a...

News of the Notre-Dame fire has deeply shocked people worldwide. Amidst the various reasons for it holding a deep-seated significance for...

As MPs leave the Commons for their Easter break, I’m taking time out of mine to bring you my weekly report on the chaos that we call ‘the...

This week was a busy one for the Fat Controller of the United States, Donald Trump. He was off to Hanoi in Vietnam for the long-awaited...

This week, the face of British politics changed. Both Labour and the Conservatives were rocked by the creation of a new group in the...

Sad news this week (although it’s seldom but sad), as NASA has officially given up hope on their Martian robotic rover Opportunity. The...