Carel Fabritius: a precarious life
The art critic Laura Cumming turns her eye to the elusive Dutch golden-age painter Carel Fabritius...
The art critic Laura Cumming turns her eye to the elusive Dutch golden-age painter Carel Fabritius...
The landscape of women’s literature is far older, more extensive and much richer than is often acknowledged...
Readers should remember that many works published after a beloved writer’s death are the product of speculative —and often controversial — editorial processes...
From medieval anchoresses to poets, singers, and writers throughout the ages, seclusion is often seen as a particularly female act. But a closer look reveals a more nuanced history..
Many 20th century rock stars have harboured literary pretensions and written novels and poems. The mercurial quality of their efforts shows that at least some of them should just s..
From Austen to Alain-Fournier to Proust, the countryside is as much a venue for literary speculation as it is rural world...
Early twentieth-century poet Edna St Vincent Millay's laconic verse is an antidote to modern pop's cult of heartbreak...
The summer solstice celebrations are not simply pagan fancies. They embody the centuries-old spirit of the season...
Women played a vital role in the early history of botany - let's not reduce their contribution to kitsch romance...
The lost folk singer Mimi Fariña's career shows the story of the 'greatest decade' of the 20th century in a new light...
Eighteenth century literary ephemera give us an insight into the true identity of Bridgerton's elusive Lady Whistledown...
We should take inspiration from Georgia O'Keeffe's high-minded approach to art and morality. Her life story is a lesson in the importance of deeply felt principles. ..
Tudor composer William Byrd concealed his true faith in music – and his yearning for a return to better times resonates with us today in the chimes of the chapel choir...
Throughout history communal spaces have provided refuge and reconnection. We need them more than ever...
George Herbert's architectural approach to poetry is ideal reading when stuck indoors. ..
Seamus Heaney’s poems are a valuable, moving register of individual intimacy and national pain...
The Camden Town Group capture both the claustrophobia and possibilities of domestic life. ..
Thought centuries apart, John Milton and George Orwell offer complementary arguments for free speech and a free society...
The great British pub has finally re-opened in England..
What is odd is how many politicians are seemingly unable to grasp the meanings of the songs they choose in their campaigns...
Grand Neolithic shafts uncovered near Stonehenge remind us of the fleeting nature of even the most impressive human projects...