Art

Harriet Bridgeman describes how a simple idea led her to found one of the world’s most prestigious libraries of art.

Debra Higgs Strickland examines the extraordinary demonology of medieval Christendom and the way it endowed strangers and enemies with monstrous qualities.

Timothy Benson analyses the evolution of the love-hate relationship between Britain's greatest cartoonist and the outstanding politician of the age.

Paul Greenhalgh provides some background to the V&A's 'Art Nouveau' exhibition.

Sugar magnate and art lover Henry Tate died on December 5th, 1899, aged 80.

Michael Camille shows how the marginal illustrations of a 14th-century psalter became some of our most familiar images of everyday life in medieval England.

The illustrator and author died on March 16th, 1898.

Richard Cavendish remembers the events of February 11th, 1948

The artist was born in London on November 10th, 1697.

Partha Mitter looks at how tensions and cultural interchange between Indians and Britons are conveyed in the imagery of the colonial period.