Claude Monet, Leicester Square, 1901. Oil paint on canvas, 805 x 648 mm. Fondation Jean et Suzanne Planque (in deposit at Musée Granet,...

Everything about the Rachel Whiteread exhibition at Tate Britain forces us to continually shift the way we look, even when we might be...

We all have a pretty good idea of what the Arnolfini Portrait looks like, and perhaps its currency within the popular imagination is...

Illustration by Anna Seibæk Torp-Pedersen. Upon taking someone to the opera for the first time, I might well choose Puccini’s La Bohème....

Bill Haley, Rock Around the Clock, 1950s, Lathe/hand-cut record on x-ray film. X-RAY AUDIO Collection What would you do if tomorrow your...

Author's own photograph It is the nature of a city not to be complete. There are endless routes that city planners, architects and...

Image courtesy of Carmen on the Lake In posing the question – what is fundamental to an opera? – to a range of opera lovers and opera...

'Perfume: A Sensory Journey Through Contemporary Scent' at Somerset House. Photograph by Peter MacDiarmid After the virtual reality show...

Author's own image Hockney. He doesn’t need his first name. The hair, the glasses, the colours – his art is as recognisable as it is...

The gastronomic offerings of London are ever-expanding. Cuisines from around the globe abound in the city; it’s not without reason that...