The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton review: a stifled sequel to The Miniaturist
Her 2014 bestseller about 17th-century Amsterdam was alive with spooky mystery but in this beautifully written sequel the people feel fake
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'A mad thing for a man to do': why the artist William Nicholson ran away from London
A new exhibition in Rottingdean explores a halcyon period in the life of Churchill's favourite painting tutor
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Mary McCartney on her family and other animals
Frisky horses, a frog in peril and a Beatle. Mary McCartney shares her most affectionate shots – and what she's baking for her father's 80th
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What, exactly, is the ‘female gaze’? Allow a man to explain
Cinema theorists’ most hallowed idea, the ‘male gaze’, is being upturned by a feminist wave – but old ideas, as two new films show, die hard
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Paula Rego brought perversity, violence and political fury to British art
The late painter, born in Salazar’s Portugal, produced disturbing images of violated and humiliated women – and they had a real effect
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Serpentine Pavilion 2022, review: come for the quiet contemplation, stay for the Japanese tea ceremonies
Artist Theaster Gates wants his building, on the lawn of London's Serpentine Gallery, to provide moments of 'ecstasy'
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How Sotheby's caught Jubilee fever
From an illustration featuring Winnie the Pooh to Oluwole Omofemi’s portrait of the Queen, Sotheby’s has embraced the Jubilee spirit
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Who will buy the KLF’s nightmarish £250,000 model village?
Jimmy Cauty’s dystopian dioramas showing a Britain in ruins have been seen by millions. Why is he so desperate to get rid of them?
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June Mendoza: brushes with the Queen, Prince Philip and Mrs T
Princess Diana was "a dear", but Mrs Thatcher was hard to pin down. Now, as she turns 98, the portraitist looks back at a life on canvas
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Thomas Heatherwick: ‘Prince Charles was right about hugging trees’
The designer responsible for the Jubilee’s centrepiece sculpture explains why the Prince of Wales was right all along
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The surprising history of the Diamond Jubilee's star building
Festooned with flags for the occasion, Admiralty Arch stares down the Mall at Buckingham Palace – but few know its sad story
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Peter Blake at 90: ‘I'm not appropriate anymore’
The Beatles' favourite artist on why the Queen worried he'd make her 'Pop' – and how he has spent 40 years 'trapped' in Under Milk Wood
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Christie’s chairman Orlando Rock on Russians, Beeple and whether the art world is too posh
Ahead of London Now's season of accessible events, Christie's notoriously private chairman reveals his plans to modernise the auction house
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Why a small British town set fire to its Covid memorial
Sanctuary cost £650,000 to build. Was its destruction ‘cathartic’ or a waste of money?
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Mexican Geniuses: A Frida & Diego Immersive Experience, Dock X London: a cynical cash-in
Garbled captions, low quality reproductions and an eye-watering gift shop - this Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibition is a mess
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The secret clues in five National Gallery masterpieces
Look closer at some of the nation's favourite paintings and you’ll find the key to their meaning hidden in plain sight
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The spirit of 1948 lives on in this brilliant Suffolk festival
After a sad hiatus, the Aldeburgh Festival returns to celebrate the great Benjamin Britten – and challenge him, too
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The Roaring Twenties are back in Lithuania: welcome to Kaunas, 2022's European Capital of Culture
Amid a year of celebrations, Lithuania's second city is grappling with its troubled history – and looking back to a renaissance in the arts
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The protection of our heritage has become a ghastly global version of Eurovision
Unesco’s job is to preserve our most historic sites, yet which ones are favoured can come down to secret alliances and national interests
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Love Life: 40 drawings that show David Hockney at his most irresistible
The Holburne Museum's new show of the artist's drawings from 1963-1977 is enormously rewarding
