We celebrate Boxing Day every year on 26th December. But why is it called Boxing Day? And how did it come to be one of our festive traditions?

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Visitors to the RSPB's headquarters will have been impressed by the imposing oil painting on the wall of its main meeting room. 'The man above the fireplace' is William Henry Hudson, an Argentinian ...

Winter can feel a bit gloomy but it turns out the antidote is an afternoon spent eating Australian food and watching fairies make mischief. I discovered this during an unconventionally festive trip to ...

In the first summer month of 1889, a rebelliously emboldened and especially stubborn Oscar Wilde penned Intentions—an audacious challenge to Victorian ... a traditional oil painting and an ...

Marianne North, a Victorian artist, documented India's flora, fauna, and heritage through over 200 paintings. Her visionary ...

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One of the oldest works is a painting titled Women with Goats by Ian Fairweather, one of 12 paintings at TarraWarra Museum of ...

From Austria to Montana, we found a tempting array of hotels, resorts and other getaways for the perfect winter vacation.

Traveling through exotic regions such as Calabria, Corsica, Egypt and India, he made sketches from nature, which, upon his return home, he worked up into oil paintings and watercolors ... scholars of ...

As the end of 2024 approaches art lovers and culture vultures may find ... Ové’s installation symbolically rests on two Castrol oil drums. Data compiled by the artist on international migration ...

If planning a Venetian break, consider adding another delightful dimension to your trip and explore nearby, writes Ben West.