The portrayal of artistic creation in film

‘The muse is born in pain, thrives on it and loves to inflict it’, said Floridian artist Warren...

100 years without Egon Schiele

‘All beautiful and noble qualities have been united in me’, claimed Egon Schiele, the centenary...

The development of female sporting fashion

Sporting fashion in the last two centuries has developed to allow women to don clothes designed...

7 Spectacular historic theatres you should visit

William Shakespeare famously noted that all the world’s a stage. The world is certainly full of...

Art in the BBC Reith Lectures

In 1948 the BBC established the Reith lectures in honour of the broadcaster’s first...

Leonardo da Vinci, the Anatomist

Regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance and the archetypal polymath, Leonardo...

What Everybody Ought to Know About Havana

Arriving in Havana is like entering a portal to a different time. The soaring summer heat and...

7 things you didn’t know about London’s iconic Savoy Hotel

In 2019 one of London’s landmark institutions, the Savoy Hotel, turns 130. Having hosted many...

Behind the scenes at the Manchester School of Art, 1929

Skip the tuition fees and take a crash course at the Manchester School of Art, the second oldest...

BPP: The Black Panther Party

On October 15, 1966, American political activists Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the...