Top-shelf secrets lie behind the Victorian respectability of newly restored Sambourne House
House in London's Kensington includes hundreds of commercial artist Linley Sambourne’s illustrations and cartoons—and (not on view) his pornographic photographs
British Museum’s cracking tale of ancient Egyptian code, scholarly rivalry, sex and a magic bath
A new exhibition based around the Rosetta Stone marks 200 years since hieroglyphs were deciphered
Eight exhibitions to see during London's Frieze Week
From Cezanne's love of Provence at Tate Modern to cracking the Ancient Egyptian code at the British Museum
London's Wellcome Collection returns remains of death camp victim to Denmark
Research carried out in 2019 helped identify the remains as Preben Holger Larsen, a 26-year-old artist and member of the Danish resistance
How England's Civil War laid waste to the country's grandest private house
Book tells tale of how Oliver Cromwell wiped Basing House—which provided shelter to the famous classical architect Inigo Jones—off the map
Adam Dant’s on-the-nose political maps are delightfully vulgar—and merit a ‘Partygate’ update
New book collects the illustrator’s maps that range from UK political sleaze to the renaming of American states using cockney rhyming slang
Tŷ Pawb: an eclectic Welsh centre that wants to be a home for all—including a sweet shop and a dog grooming parlour
Built as a multi-storey car park, this redeveloped Wrexham centre has found its focus on textiles, artists and local groups and offers children’s play and workshops
William Beckford’s tower is finally complete, 200 years after the eccentric English architect started construction
The Bath museum, the only surviving example of the reclusive millionaire's architectural achievements, is also showing works from his original art collection
Medieval Welsh castle in world's first 'book town' saved from collapse
Hay Castle will open to the public for the first time following a £7m restoration project
Historic English villa—built by royal mistress to escape her 'stinker' of a husband—reopens after restoration
Henrietta Howard's Marble Hill is a rare surviving example of such a home, and even rarer as one created by a woman
Book investigates why so many Irish country houses were subject to devastating arson attacks in the 1920s
While the early part of this publication is dry, once the fires start the narrative heats up
Acquisitions round-up: Greek entrepreneur Dimitris Daskalopoulos donates hundreds of works to four international museums
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
From torture to cream tea: new book chronicles the history of Britain’s castles
Eyewitness accounts from behind the gates of fortresses dating from the seventh century to now bring these imposing buildings to life
William Morris's 'heaven on earth' home in the Cotswolds reopens after restoration
New research has helped to bring back lost objects and features at Kelmscott Manor, where the English Arts and Crafts designer lived for 25 years
Anne Boleyn’s falcon—removed after her execution—returns to Hampton Court
The newly discovered emblem goes back on show on the 500th anniversary of the day King Henry VIII first met his future second wife
The room where it happened: John Lavery’s studio
Cromwell Place opens up the former studio of the Irish artist, where he painted prominent Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiators
London's National Maritime Museum launches campaign to rescue giant decaying tapestry—unseen for decades
Commissioned by Charles II, the work depicts the 1672 Battle of Solebay between the English and Dutch in which the 1st Earl of Sandwich drowned
Exhibition explores the many faces of Elizabeth I and her fellow Tudors
The show of portraits at the Holburne Museum in Bath charts the reign of the Tudor monarchs and their subjects
True mettle: restoring Hampton Court Palace's glorious but scarred Baroque iron screens
Reviving 17th-century Tijou screens commissioned by Protestant monarchs William and Mary means undoing decades of damage and haphazard repairs
Spend, spend, spend: what lies behind the Stuarts’ taste for extravagant buildings and interiors
The turbulent period’s flashy architectural projects aimed to send out a powerful message, new book reveals
Magnificent Roman mosaic discovered in a farmer's field is 'UK's most exciting find of its kind in a century'
The first ever mosaic illustrating scenes from Homer’s Iliad, it would have decorated an imposing dining and entertainment space within a major villa complex
Going underground: English poet Alexander Pope’s hidden grotto to be saved
A relic of national importance, the man-made cave is all that remains of his villa and gardens—and is only accessible through a school dining hall
British Museum reveals the golden and gruesome history of Ancient Peru
This major London show, marking the 200th anniversary of the country's independence, does not flinch from the bloodiest aspects of Inca culture
Secrets of the Black Prince's tomb effigy in Canterbury Cathedral revealed by scientists
Sculpture atop the final resting place of the medieval knight and heir to Edward III has been examined by a team of researchers led by The Courtauld Institute of Art
Small Northern English town gets UK’s first museum dedicated to Spanish art and culture
Many pieces on show in the Spanish Gallery are from the personal collection of financier Jonathan Ruffer, the main backer of a £150m regeneration project in Bishop Auckland
Rossetti paints us a (sometimes not so) pretty picture in exhibition devoted to artist's portraits
Alongside famous Pre-Raphaelite depictions of swoony, pillow-haired beauties are paintings of friends, family and fellow artists on show at the Holburne Museum
Timespan: a remote museum in the Scottish Highlands that support its vulnerable village through Covid
The cultural centre has international ambitions if it wins the £100,000 prize
Monastery of powerful Anglo Saxon queen discovered in genteel Thames-side Berkshire village
Dig uncovers a wealth of objects, including jewellery probably worn by Queen Cynethryth, an influential female ruler likely to have been buried in the village
The 'Michelangelo of wood carving': exhibition celebrates life and work of Grinling Gibbons, 300 years after his death
Tercentenary show opens at Bonhams in London before travelling to Compton Verney in Warwickshire
Eccentric Wentworth Woodhouse estate—home to centuries-old camellias—gets set to bloom again in Yorkshire
The rambling 365-room mansion is being rescued from near collapse, starting with its tea house