Arts feature
Under the radar
A major exhibition of Australian art is about to open at the Royal Academy. Barry Humphries believes visitors will be surprised
Are you sitting comfortably…
Robert Gore-Langton on Oxford’s new Story Museum, which aims to put stories into young lives deprived of books
The Edinburgh experience
Lloyd Evans samples the delights of the Fringe
Places of enchantment
Claudia Massie is impressed by this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival
Manet in Italy
Roderick Conway Morris on the French master’s love affair with the art and artists of the Renaissance
Defying type
Lloyd Evans meets the ever-versatile David Haig
Virtual art
Michael Prodger finds that new technology is transforming how we experience art – in galleries, on computers and on smartphones too
A fine vintage
Lloyd Evans meets Peter Nichols, who, in his ninth decade, is riding a wave of public favour
Fighting culture’s corner
The latest round of cuts have been greeted with relief. Think again, says Stephen Deuchar, director of the Art Fund
