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Investors should sit tight for what promises to be an elaborate courtship
Much of 21st century life might disconcert Victoria
Britain’s monarch is the quiet master of our constitutional absurdities
Scheme will add exhibition galleries and lecture theatre
Today’s jewellers are taking the work of Victorian miniaturists a step further to create pieces of stunning complexity
A pair of complementary exhibitions succeeds in exploring the vast topic of artists’ workspaces
A director of the National Piers Society picks five piers of particular significance
The author on his wife’s birthday treat and his BBC tribute to conservationist and poet John Betjeman
Christopher Alden’s production for ENO is powerful and hallucinatory but not one for newcomers to Verdi’s opera
Three in a row, however, presents the challenge of finding jobs for the boys, writes Linda Colley
Glorious music almost managed to eclipse the muddle-headedness of the production
The second in a series on London looks at Victorian gothic style
It may be pricey but Beaconsfield remains commuter heaven
This image by a pioneering Victorian photographer is both a royal souvenir and a strikingly early piece of abstract art
Even more important than being, or looking, comfortable in one’s skin, is being able to voice the courage of one’s convictions
A new imitation of classical splendour will bring together scholars to understand the ascent of chicken husbandry
Political diaries have become a British phenomenon
Phrenology and neuroscience both reflect our tendency to overvalue that mass of grey matter in our skulls
The British author travels to Germany to write the life of Queen Victoria
Fitting tributes or tasteless trifles? A look at how brands are marking the Queen’s 60 years on the throne
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