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The Devonshire is no longer a traditional pub

24.09.09
The Devonshire's now a more sedate, respectable drinking hole, with traces of the old pub wiped away.... more

September Issue is absolutely fabulous

11.09.09
Inside the world of American Vogue, it’s a joy to find as much journalistic talent and creativity as glamour — and in Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington, leading ladies with just the right amount of dramatic tension between them ... more

The design of the female body

04.09.09
Style arbiter Stephen Bayley, whose wife inspired his new book, reveals why bras are for men, how the female body became so potent and what Anna Wintour eats for lunch... ... more

Titian taken to the cleaners at the National Gallery

30.07.09
Titian's battered painting of Cupid has been saved for the nation, newly restored and now put on display.... more

Humour in the workplace is no laughing matter

06.07.09
Some frown on humour in the workplace, but it makes staff happier and lifts productivity, says Philip Delves Broughton... more

Best Places for Valentine's Day in London

10.02.09
From inspirational views to candlelit concerts, here are some of the best places to celebrate Valentine's Day in London.... more

Bottom falls out of contemporary art market

12.11.08
Damien Hirst's 14ft-wide spot painting Ethionamide failed to reach its reserve price of $850,000 at Sotheby's in New York last night... more

What fabulous faces

17.10.08
The spirit soars at the sight of so many masterpieces in the National Gallery's new show of Renaissance portraits, says Brian Sewell... more

Fruit and veg portrait leads show of Renaissance faces

07.10.08
This unusual 16th century portrait of a king is one of more than 70 masterpieces in a new exhibition at the National Gallery... more

25 events to raise your spirits this autumn

24.09.08
Something might be rotten in the City but in London’s arts world there’s plenty to be upbeat about. Here’s our pick of must-sees to brighten up longer nights... more

It’s time we all suffered for the sake of our art

19.09.08
Falling on hard times kick-started the Renaissance, so can the credit crunch trigger a new era of achievement asks one cultural commentator... more

Shy and retiring Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen beams his life-size image at the Blackpool Illuminations

01.09.08
He is not known for understatement. But even by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's standards it was an audacious moment of self-indulgence.... more

My fish and chips with a Venus of the Cotswolds

01.08.08
What should an old man do when he sees an exceptionally pretty girl? The circumstances were mightily unpromising. ... more

Crude, lewd and not to be missed

02.04.08
The Royal Academy's retrospective of the German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach is crude and lewd. All the more reason to go and have a look, says Nick Curtis.... more

Pornography for the prude

12.10.07
It is daft to restrict the Barbican's new exhibition, Seduced, to over-18s, says Brian Sewell.... more

Now that's street art, Banksy

12.06.07
The National Gallery today challenged cult graffiti artist Banksy by taking its works on to the streets.... more

A very sketchy show

26.03.07
The sane man who has seen drawings by Leonardo or Guercino can only wonder at the National Gallery's decision to promote the efforts of Leon Kossoff, says Brian Sewell.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

04.01.07
A collection of photographs by former Pravda Vostoka photographer Max Penson go on display and the Sliding Door exhibition groups together some of the Tate Modern's latest acquisitions.... more

The cheek of it!

11.12.06
The latest exhibition on at Somerset House's Hermitage Rooms titillates with its promise of sex and scholarship - but leaves the visitor wanting much more, says Brian Sewell.... more

Knowledge is free in London's secret galleries

04.12.06
Sales such as Christie's Old Master Pictures are not just for buyers. The auction houses offer a unique opportunity to glimpse paintings rarely seen in public, says Brian Sewell.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

16.11.06
The Photographic Portrait Prize 2006 continues at the National Portrait Gallery, 40 Hindu bronze sculptures go on show at the Royal Academy and Tate Modern pays tribute to David Smith.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

26.10.06
Over 150 David Hockney portraits are on show, the V&A peers beyond Italy's lavish Renaissance edifices and Velazquez is revealed to have had a very modern appetite for naturalism.... more

Jam and Jerusalem in Renaissance Italy

09.10.06
Women's Institute stalwarts and devotees of car-boot sales will flock to the V&A's new exhibition of Renaissance home life. The sane man, sceptical, may be less enchanted, says Brian Sewell.... more

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