Suit you, Sir! Menswear across the ages, from Regency looks to Harry Styles
The V&A’s first menswear exhibition, and the first fashion-focused exhibition since its sell-out Dior: Designer of Dreams in 2019, comes at a particularly pertinent time. Debate around…
Putin, the oligarch and the Fabergé eggs on show in London
They’re the royal treasures of the former Russian empire, the magnificent imperial Easter eggs made for the Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II by the St Petersburg…
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature, V&A, review: proof there was more to the author than cute bunnies
It’s a truth universally whispered among parents – yet rarely publicly acknowledged – that Beatrix Potter was not very good at telling stories. Her sentences are awkward…
So, you thought Beatrix Potter was whimsical?
Her name is synonymous with illustrated stories of anthropomorphic animals: a rabbit who steals lettuces, French beans and radishes from a curmudgeonly Scots gardener, a hedgehog laundress…
Beatrix Potter’s guide to spring cleaning the traditional way
Hill Top’s modern-day cleaners contend with greater challenges than Rogerson could ever have envisioned. Potter probably suspected that the house would be of interest to fans of…
Is it time to purge the name ‘Sackler’ from the arts?
Much has now been written about Purdue, who pleaded guilty to federal charges in 2019 after years of settling private lawsuits out of court, but the Sacklers,…