Tim Smith-Laing holds a DPhil on early modern mythography from Merton College, Oxford
At the age of 91, the artist has produced a series of remarkable self-portraits, now on show at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert
The artist who effortlessly crossed genres, but stayed close to south London, was best known for ‘A Humument’, a masterpiece 50 years in the making
An ambitious show at the Ashmolean Museum looks past the familiar clichés to the real city and its artists
The Clash bassist’s pulverised instrument can now be worshipped at the Museum of London
2 Tone began as a ska-inspired record label, but swiftly became a look and a political stance – and a defining moment in British cultural history
On the bicentenary of the poet’s birth, his art criticism still hums with outrage
Federico Zuccari’s illustrations of the Divine Comedy have seldom been shown. But the Uffizi has put them online – and Dante’s poem has never looked better
The crotchety cult legend is giving art lessons on TV – and it’s all surprisingly charming
This triumphant double bill brims with emotion – from the pain of loss to the pleasures of beauty
These modern monsters may look lonely, but they’re familiar figures – descendants of the Parisian beasts of Viollet-le-Duc and Charles Meryon
