What makes a perfect stately home? Our expert considers the necessary ingredients, with a little help from the 12th Duke of ...

In life and in death, Vernon Lee has always been something of an anomaly. An Englishwoman by birth living in continental ...

Nestled at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers, Marietta is like the love child of a riverboat captain and a ...

This was the most traditional of Charles Spencer's daughter Kitty's six outfits on her wedding weekend. She also wore a ...

Knowsley Hall in Lancashire
was returned from institutional use in the 1990s to become the seat of the Earl and Countess of Derby. John Martin Robinson reports on progress to one of the most ambitious ...

Garwood met Ravilious at Eastbourne School of Art where he instructed her in the booming medium of wood engraving. But her ...

The action takes place in the lopsided Victorian house of the gentle but formidable widow ... As is now the norm with ...

Quest for inner freedom While Souza and other contemporaries like Husain were boldly critiquing a society of subdued desires, ...

The Royal Family make fashion headlines - good and bad - wherever they go. However, these style choices are rarely made alone ...

A church which featured on a Chemical Brothers' album cover was in "desperate need of support" and has been added to the Historic England at risk register. It was among 29 buildings in the East of ...

One of London’s finest markets for Christmas shopping, Spitalfields traders will twinkle to the backdrop of live festive ...

Whether you’re searching for a unique gift, somewhere to make memories with the kids or simply looking for an escape from the ...