Maev Kennedy

CANVAS: A MATTER OF STILL LIFE

Contemporary works and still lifes by the old masters come together in a charming but increasingly disconcerting Published 17 Sep, 2017 07:47am

Collection of Yeats family treasures to go on display for first time

A TREASURE trove of Yeats family material, including hundreds of passionate, rueful and philosophical letters from... Published 19 Aug, 2017 07:12am

Exhibition in London sets sail for glory days of luxury ocean liners

THE Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson once boarded the liner SS United States with 100 pieces of matching luggage... Published 30 Jul, 2017 07:17am

GALLERY: CONSTABLE'S GLITTERING SEAS

Towering waves and beached boats hint at the artist’s empathy with his Sussex home Updated 21 Apr, 2017 07:45pm

Spanish civil war art to be shown in London

A show celebrates Spain’s 1937 International Exposition pavilion Updated 24 Jan, 2017 02:31pm

From Warren Beatty’s love letters to power suits: Joan Collins holds an auction

Hundreds of objects from Joan Collins' homes and wardrobes to be sold. Updated 15 Dec, 2015 09:08am

Undelivered letters shed light on 17th-century society

The letter is part of an extraordinary treasure trove of thousands of pieces of correspondence, never delivered. Updated 10 Nov, 2015 10:55am

Duke of Wellington and Napoleon to finally meet at Waterloo exhibition

Shared Destinies event is one among many exhibits planned across Europe to mark the Battle of Waterloo’s bicentenary Published 27 Jan, 2015 06:33am

Winston Churchill’s possessions up for auction include gallery of his paintings

THE descendants of the goldfish glinting in the shady water, in a painting going on view at Sotheby’s auctioneers,... Published 14 Dec, 2014 06:37am

British Museum’s Greek sculpture show expected to restart marbles row

The British Museum, in central London, is planning an exhibition on the human body in Greek sculpture. Updated 04 Jul, 2014 09:32am

Dickens’ letter on shelter for homeless women goes under the hammer

IF Eliza Wilkins was going to be helped, in 1852 the ever practical Charles Dickens decided she first needed clean... Published 13 May, 2014 06:22am

Josephine letters to Napoleon general ‘intimate and revealing’

IN 1806 Josephine Bonaparte wrote to one of Napoleon’s most-trusted generals, Alexandre Berthier, who had also... Published 29 Apr, 2014 05:57am

Harlow mosque hit by arson attack

MEMBERS of an Islamic centre in Essex, south-east England, said they were “very saddened” by a fire at their... Updated 28 Aug, 2013 07:06am

Sigmund Freud’s couch needs restoration

LONDON: Perhaps the most memorable item of furniture in the world — the couch in Sigmund Freud’s consulting room Published 07 May, 2013 08:35am

Lord missing for 300 years found

THER’S nothing particularly surprising about finding a west country landowner lying respectably in his own grave - except Sir James Tillie had been missing for 300 years, since his servants could no longer bear to carry out his last commands and bring foo Published 12 Feb, 2013 11:04pm

Cooking made human brains bigger

IF human beings had not invented cooking as a way of increasing the number of calories they consumed, they could only have supported the 86 billion neurons in their big brains by spending an impossible nine hours or more each day eating raw food, accordin Published 23 Oct, 2012 11:03pm

Iron Age coins found in Britain after 30-year search

LONDON: The largest hoard of Iron Age Celtic coins found anywhere in northern Europe has been discovered by two amateur metal detectorists who have been searching in the same field in Jersey for 30 years. Published 27 Jun, 2012 09:34pm

An exhibition of fakes and mistakes

LONDON The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, is about to open its worst exhibition ever. The pictures ... Published 01 Jul, 2010 12:00am

Exhibition challenges view of Aztec emperor as traitor

LONDON The Aztec emperor Moctezuma was murdered by his Spanish captors, not by his own people, it will be argued in ... Published 10 Apr, 2009 12:00am

Love letter by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn on show

LONDON A letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn containing the words “H seeks AB, No Other Rex”, written while he was... Published 14 Feb, 2009 12:00am