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If you’ve ever wanted to play president, now you can – if you have a few dollars spare to buy a replica of the Oval Office at Bonhams in October
The T.S. Eliot estate has donated £20,000 to help keep the Brontë Parsonage Museum open. Rakewell wonders what the Brontë sisters would have made of ‘Cats’
Rakewell is disappointed not to hear the performance artist’s pipes in her new project at the Bavarian State Opera
For the 2025 World Expo, the host city of Osaka has plumped for a bafflingly blobby logo
A Manchester-based menswear designer has launched a shirt inspired by Lowry – and decorated with his ‘matchstick’ figures
Rakewell is lured back to childhood by the promise of Swallows and Amazons memorabilia and mischief at Windermere Jetty Museum
The Boijmans Museum in Rotterdam has launched a drive-thru exhibition – and it’s not the only culture you can see by car this summer, says Rakewell
The future of fashion may not be the most pressing concern but it’s hard not to fear the worst
The Trumps have a soft spot for Goya Foods, it seems – which sets Rakewell wondering whether the brand could make more of its painterly associations
Film fans can only hope that the director will turn his interest in these mysterious patterns to practical effect
