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In the early modern period, wolves, beavers, and probably some lynxes still survived in regions of Scotland and Ireland.

Travel back with me a few hundred years to before the industrial revolution, and the wildlife of Britain and Ireland looks very different indeed. Take orcas: while there are now less than ten left in Britain’s only permanent (and non-breeding) resident population, around 250 years ago the English cleric and…

The generational stage actor speaks to Chris Harvey about Timothée Chalamet, his ‘failure’ at the Globe, and his new play ‘Dr Semmelweis’

You can’t move for masterpieces – most of them owned by the Taiwanese collector Pierre Chen – but this supposed journey through painting and photography is rambling and at times comically simplistic

The new display, titled Capturing the Moment, opens to the public on Tuesday June 13.

Sure, the substance of this show is a little lightweight, but with banger after banger it’s totally forgiveable

$100 for a piece of Francis Bacon’s $55 million painting? That’s the kind of opportunity investors will have when “Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer” IPOs in July.

The secrets to ancient Greek innovations, art in its rightful place, and gorgeous statues and views from Dublin to Albania

Conversation with Francis Bacon emerges amid the row over updating controversial language in the children’s author’s books

From Bernini to Bacon, the artist’s studio has long been a place of passion and tragedy, offering a unique glimpse into the creative mind

Much of western European philosophy, from ancient Greece to the present, has led directly to unspeakable evil