Sophie Barling is senior editor of Apollo.
Burials uncovered in East Kazakhstan have revealed the nomadic Saka to be as skilled in gold-working as they were in horsemanship and war
The painter’s brooding portraits and Wangari Mathenge’s colourful interiors are among the shows to see this year
The musical impresario has found a role for his collection of beloved Pre-Raphaelites at the newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The giant ferris wheel may now be part of the furniture – but the view from on high is still revolutionary
The sculptor took Restoration England by storm with his virtuosic woodwork
Locked down in Arles, the celebrated interiors photographer François Halard made a series of dreamlike Polaroids that emerge as an enigmatic self-portrait
Richard and Isabel Burton are buried in a quiet churchyard in south London – but their remarkable tomb is a fitting monument to these insatiable travellers
From that scandalous scallop to her Mary Wollstonecraft monument, Maggi Hambling is no stranger to controversy
John Betjeman’s nostalgic verse memoir was well served by its illustrators
The gardens’ latest restaurant occupies the site of their first refreshment pavilion – which has a surprisingly turbulent history
