An intimate sketch by David Hockney of one of his lovers is coming to the market for the first time, more than half a century ...

In Greek legends, the Amazons were feared and formidable women warriors who lived on the edge of the known world. Hercules had to obtain the magic girdle of the Amazonian queen ...

Modern humans can come face to face with men and women who lived thousands of years ago at the new Perth Museum in Scotland. When it opens to the public on March 30, the venue will feature digital ...

Half a century since the perfectionist director vowed to block it, a critique that dared to discuss flaws in his films is to ...

In the mid-1930s, the novelist, then a controversial war correspondent, encouraged aspiring writers with frankness and humour ...

Researchers tell the Guardian’s Dalya Alberge they are “completely blown away” by the site’s age and contents. “This is a ...

Pat Phoenix (Elsie Tanner), Peter Adamson (Len Fairclough), Betty Alberge (Florrie Lindley) and Margot Bryant (Minnie Caldwell) mingled with the guests. Tom Sutton looks back on the wonderful days ...

A previously-unknown poem by CS Lewis, in which he finds inspiration in whisky, warm blankets and the Anglo-Saxon epic ...

Rare insight to the late Queen’s state of mind emerges through recollections of Merlin Holland, the son of the monarch’s beautician ...