Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum in London, which was formerly the home of neo-classical architect, John Soane. It holds many...

In August's Livres du Mois we explore more of the memoirs and biographies that I find myself returning to time and time again. These...

The First Delphic Festival was held on the 9th and 10th of May 1927 at the initiative of Angelos and Eva Sikelianos and consisted of a...

The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Great Britain and one of the oldest scientific gardens in the...

Ferdinand Knab, born June 12, 1837 in Würzburg, was a German painter. Knab was initially a student of Heideloff, the German architect and...

Gertrude Jekyll VMH, born 29 November 1843, was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist....

Nymans is an English garden to the east of the village of Handcross, and in the civil parish of Slaugham in West Sussex, England. The...

For July's Livres du Mois I have made a collection of books on the male form in photography. I have previously written about some of the...

Paul Spencer Swan, born June 5, 1883, was an American painter, sculptor, dancer, poet and actor. Once billed as "the most beautiful man...

Renishaw Hall is a country house in Renishaw in the parish of Eckington in Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has...