Whistler’s Woman in White, Royal Academy, review: an interesting show, but one spicy rumour is missing

The name Joanna Hiffernan will mean very little to most people. And that’s precisely the point of this exhibition – which seeks to tell the story of…

Move over, Mother: meet Whistler’s other woman

There is no better introduction to Victorian bohemia – its artists, print-sellers, con men and vagabonds – than a visit to Rathbone Place. This narrow brick street,…

Francis Bacon: Man and Beast, Royal Academy, review: are these bestial people all that wild?

Just when we thought the nightmare of the past two years was almost over, the Royal Academy shoves us into the dungeon that was the imagination of…

The big Telegraph Culture Quiz of 2021

Panned! The following all had the dubious honour of being awarded one star by our critics in 2021. 31 Which Netflix sequel, released in November, was described…

The big Telegraph Culture Quiz of 2021

Panned! The following all had the dubious honour of being awarded one star by our critics in 2021. 31 Which Netflix sequel, released in November, was described…