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A new exhibition at the National Gallery displays an extraordinary range of monochrome works

David Bomberg was one of the great British artists of the 20th century but was always an outsider and suffered neglect for much of

An ancient Mesopotamian tablet shows Babylonian trigonometrists had long anticipated the Greeks

Theatre critics are frequently out of step with audiences and prone to bringing too much of their own baggage to their writing

Ideally, a person should occupy the space of a person. This should rule out the trailing of collision-prone wheeled suitcases

The American Left has taken refuge in an intellectual dead end, argues Mark Lilla

Niall Ferguson's big theory of history is stimulating, arresting, but only half-convincing

Some of the Iberian treasures bought by Victorian collector John Bowes can now be seen in London