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Golden years: Pieter de Hooch in Delft
The Delft thunderclap opened new visions, especially for Pieter de Hooch
Magnum Photos: Sharp shadows
70 years of bravery, frailty, comedy and tragedy, immortalised on streets, railways, beaches and harbours
Emma Sergeant: Studies in untruth
Revealing how portraiture scares subjects who would prefer to be photo-shopped
Masters and apprentices
Contemporary art rules the market at the 58th Venice Biennale
YiMiao Shih: Rabbrexit Means Rabbrexit
A furry farewell
The plant cure
Botany isn’t about the whimsical world of flower fairies, but clever, entrepreneurial plants that learn to deceive, or which can survive in habitats where no one wants them
Adam Dant: A wry eye on the city
Adam Dant’s detailed drawings poke fun at cosmopolitan life
Roger Wagner: Master of timeless modernism
“Roger Wagner would be a remarkable artist in any age. H His work is informed by the great tradition of Western art, yet there is nothing old-fashioned about it”
John Ruskin: The power of seeing
The most eminent victorian of them all
How Top Boys topple down crime’s ladder
Too many prisoners rejoin society with no education, stable housing or job prospects. No surprise that more than half reoffend within a year
In the bleak midwinter
Christmas can be a bleak time of year. While some feel isolated, others are overwhelmed by the need for a perfect family Yuletide when their reality is different
My warnings to our spy watchdogs
Britain is under attack from Russia. And the government is blocking a Parliamentary report that details it