Supporting cast – Andrew Lloyd Webber does up Drury Lane with a few of his favourite things
The musical impresario has found a role for his collection of beloved Pre-Raphaelites at the newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The musical impresario has found a role for his collection of beloved Pre-Raphaelites at the newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane
An entrancing exhibition shows how Cosimo I de’ Medici harnessed art to consolidate his family’s grip on power
A set of Misha Black’s famous street signs is going under the hammer – and it’s the closest most of us will get to owning some prime London property
The legendary picture editor Bruce Bernard was famously modest about his own photography, but his portraits of Lucian Freud are peerless
After his failure in politics, Henri Cernuschi succeeded in finance – and left an outstanding collection of Asian art to his adoptive city of Paris
Making coffee might be considered an art form – but don’t forget the artistic possibilities offered by the substance itself
Richard Chopping’s striking designs for Ian Fleming’s novels add greatly to the books’ allure for collectors – but his artistic talent went far beyond Bond
Susan Moore and Niru Ratman wonder if anyone is still enjoying themselves
It was always a mistake to take the painter’s portraits at face value, writes Nancy Princenthal – and we shouldn’t have any illusions about the man either
Mass-produced majolica has often been sneered at – but its exuberance is what makes it so appealing
David Chipperfield’s cool, if costly, renovation plays to the gallery’s minimalist strengths
The portraits of James Barnor, Seydou Keïta and Malick Sidibé conjure up an image of cool modernity – but also draw on a long photographic tradition
We don’t know if the foreign secretary made it to the Palace of Knossos, but his career may soon be ancient history
It may be an unassuming little shelter, but the beach hut tells of a British infatuation with property and propriety
Raymond Erith adapted classical architecture for a modern age
Filming for Batman and Indiana Jones has transformed the city in recent weeks – to the delight of Glaswegians
The British artist was a titan of modern sculpture – and following his example, it would never be the same again
The novelist may be little read today, but his fiction inspired an enduring, Romantic vision of the past
The Clash bassist’s pulverised instrument can now be worshipped at the Museum of London
The giant ferris wheel may now be part of the furniture – but the view from on high is still revolutionary