Dark Ages

A dreamy, if overly ambitious show: Silk Roads, at the British Museum, reviewed

4 January 2025 9:00 am

Towards the end of the British Museum’s Silk Roads show, there is a selection of treasures found in England. Among…

King David with his musicians: a page from the Vespasian Psalter, 8th century

To say this is a ‘once in a generation’ exhibition seems absurdly modest

17 November 2018 9:00 am

‘The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us to the barbarians; between these two means of death…