History

Castle Howard Revisited

The 21st-century Renaissance

Jul 13 •

"A Big Job for Very Little Cash!"

Tarot: Origins and Afterlives at the Warburg Institute, London

Jun 1 •

And his writing routine

Apr 20 •

The Bar Convent

York's hidden gem

Mar 30 •

Tobias and the Angel

An Elizabethan wall-painting

Mar 16 •

Fashion, Celebrity and the Courtesan Portrait

The phenomenon of sexual celebrity

Feb 16 •

Commerce, canals and a dardevil balloonist

Jan 26 •

Stately Home Kitsch

In which I moan about the state of our heritage

Jan 19 •

Punch Drunk in the 18th Century

Recreating 'Sir John Vanbrugh's Cup'

Dec 29, 2024 •

Queen Mab and the Pantomime Wars

How David Garrick invented the Christmas pantomime tradition

Dec 22, 2024 •

Baroque in a Cold Climate

A whirlwind tour of Prague

Nov 24, 2024 •

A Walk in Virgil's Grove

How a poor Midlands farmer revolutionised 18th-century landscape design

Nov 10, 2024 •

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