• Silk and the city

  It’s whispering down the catwalk at Somerset House for London Fashion Week. It’s caressed by every tourist nipping into Liberty’s for an iconic paisley scarf. …

• In Residence: Beowulf

  This season, the British Library is all about the manuscripts. The gorgeous artworks in ‘Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination’ – its big winter exhibition …

• In Residence: Madonna del Prato

  Perhaps the recession makes us eager to feel we’re getting more for our money. Perhaps James Cameron, Peter Jackson and the other masters of the …

• Are you ready to be a member?

  When it comes to London arts and culture, membership is a rather fraught concept. On one hand it seems inimical to the spirit of the …

• The multiplex addict’s guide to slightly braver cinema

  It’s that time of year when we start to feel the good film itch. Despite the odd much-hyped festival import summer has never been a great …

• Uncovering Shakespeare’s contemporaries

  There’s a brilliant man strutting his stuff on the Southbank this summer. He’s a shrewd, witty Brit who swoops through time …