Painting
Dear Mary
Q. I live far away from my brother and his family, but went to stay with them recently for the…
Maths and masterpieces
The Indian inspiration with which Piero della Francesca created ‘the greatest picture in the world’
Double vision
Artists make good critics, but do critics make good artists? It’s hard to tell, when most are too chicken to…
Spirits of Bruegel
The ostensible subject matter is misleading, as is any conflation with his lesser relatives’ wassailing peasants and roistering village squares.…









