Tom Phillips and A Humument: how a novel became an oracle
New print and digital editions of the painter Tom Phillips's extraordinary work mark the artist's 75th birthdayThursday marks the 75th birthday of the artist Tom Phillips and much celebration is in order. He is best known for his ongoing project A Humu...
The London Square: Gardens in the Midst of Town by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan – review
A glimpse through the railings at the history of one of the city's gloriesDespite being surrounded by busy roads, Russell Square gardens remains an oasis of tranquillity amid the clamour of modern London. Designed by Humphry Repton at the beginning of ...
The London Square: Gardens in the Midst of Town by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan – review
A glimpse through the railings at the history of one of the city's gloriesDespite being surrounded by busy roads, Russell Square gardens remains an oasis of tranquillity amid the clamour of modern London. Designed by Humphry Repton at the beginning of ...
The London Square: Gardens in the Midst of Town by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan – review
A glimpse through the railings at the history of one of the city's gloriesDespite being surrounded by busy roads, Russell Square gardens remains an oasis of tranquillity amid the clamour of modern London. Designed by Humphry Repton at the beginning of ...
The London Square: Gardens in the Midst of Town by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan – review
A glimpse through the railings at the history of one of the city's gloriesDespite being surrounded by busy roads, Russell Square gardens remains an oasis of tranquillity amid the clamour of modern London. Designed by Humphry Repton at the beginning of ...
The London Square: Gardens in the Midst of Town by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan – review
A glimpse through the railings at the history of one of the city's gloriesDespite being surrounded by busy roads, Russell Square gardens remains an oasis of tranquillity amid the clamour of modern London. Designed by Humphry Repton at the beginning of ...
Thomas Heatherwick: the new Da Vinci of design
From the cauldron that houses the Olympic flame to the 'new Routemaster' London bus, Thomas Heatherwick's innovative designs are more visible than everThomas Heatherwick is well aware of the place the inventor occupies in the popular imagination. "Ther...
The month in photography – audio slideshow
Our guide to the month's best photo exhibitions and books – featuring Anders Petersen, Alex Prager, Josef Koudelka and Stephanie SinclairJim Powell
The Queen: portraits without meaning
How can portraits of the Queen be anything other than banal when no artist knows her well? Or is the problem that she is simply a rather dull, upper-class Englishwoman?The 15ft-high gold-effect statue of Freddie Mercury, Queen's late lamented lead sin...
The week that Maurice Sendak died and Jaggergate broke
It was the week that Maurice Sendak died and Bianca Jagger had a fight at the opera. Here are the past seven days' biggest arts stories from around the webEach Thursday, I round up the biggest arts news of the week, recommend some longer reads and have...
Edward Lear, master of the nonsense rhyme
Edward Lear was born 200 years ago this week. Remembered as one of the finest writers of nonsense poetry and limericks, he was also an accomplished artist, and drawing teacher to her majesty Queen VictoriaEdward Lear, one of the foremost writers of non...
