Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois, born 3 May 1870 in Saint Petersburg, was a Russian artist, art critic, historian, preservationist and...

Luisa, Marchesa Casati Stampa di Soncino, born Luisa Adele Rosa Maria Amman; 23 January 1881, was an Italian heiress, muse, and patroness...

For June's Livres du Mois I have photographed How Does Your Garden Grow? by Beverley Nichols, Compton Mackenzie, Marion Cran and V....

Baron George Hoyningen-Huene, born September 4, 1900, was a fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Russia to Baltic...

The Ballets Russes was an itinerant ballet company based in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to...

Herbert List, born 7 October 1903, was a German photographer, who worked for magazines, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Life, and...

Edmund Blair Leighton ROI, born 21 September 1852, was an English painter of historical genre scenes, specialising in Regency and...

Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's Poirot) is a British mystery drama television programme based on the eponymous detective of...

Hubert Robert, born 22 May 1733, was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and...

In May's Livres du Mois we explore the Dandies and the Gentlemen. While I've written about many of my loves on the compendium, I have...