Arts & Culture
The Lasting Portrait
An opinion piece by Lara & Bizzy Arnott of Arnott & Arnott Photography This month an oil-on-canvas portrait was unveiled in Washington…
Arts & Culture
Turner’s Rome From Mount Aventine: £50M Sotheby’s Auction
Nearly two centuries after J.M.W. Turner stood on the Aventine Hill and gazed out across Rome’s golden, haze-softened skyline, his definitive vision…
Arts & Culture
Princess Diana’s Revenge Dress at Sotheby’s Auction 2026
Princess Diana’s revenge dress to return to auction with a pre-sale estimate of £220,000. There are very few moments in fashion history…
Arts & Culture
Grand Condé Pink Diamond Exhibition: Château de Chantilly 2026
There are gemstones, and then there are legends. The Pink Diamond, known historically as the Grand Condé, belongs firmly to the latter.…
Arts & Culture
Boughton House Restoration: Painted Ceilings & Star Pond
There are houses that simply exist within history, and then there are those that actively participate in it, continually tended, interpreted and…
British Royal Family
Elizabeth Blount – Bessie Blount, The Mistress of Henry VIII
Elizabeth Blount, known as Bessie Blount, bore Henry VIII the only son he ever acknowledged: a duke who came within one illness…
Arts & Culture
Magic and Mess: Leighton House Exhibition 2026
There is something irresistible about the artist’s studio. Long before behind-the-scenes documentaries and open-door cultural events, the painter’s private workspace held a…
Watches & Timepieces
Roger Dubuis Excalibur Kabuto Legacy: 28-Piece Edition
There are watches that tell the time, and then there are watches that tell a story. The new Excalibur The Kabuto Legacy…
Arts & Culture
Norwegian Heritage Reimagined Through Design
On Norway’s western coastline, where fjords, trade routes, and ancestral narratives have shaped generations, GCR Design AS / Gunvor C Røkholt approaches…
Arts & Culture
The Feasts of Chambord: France’s 2026 Exhibition
Few places carry the weight of history quite like Château de Chambord. Its iconic silhouette, all spiralling turrets, double-helix staircase, and pale…