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Barry HumphriesPeyton Skipwith writes: You are right to mention Barry Humphries’s (obituary, April 22) collection of works by Charles Conder. In 1969 The Fi

The hunt is on for an epic mural depicting ‘Country Life in Britain’ – but chances are it’s a wild goose chase, writes Peyton Skipwith

Jacob Rothschild’s Waddesdon Manor wants to track down the massive mural created for the 1951 Festival of Britain

The wellspring for the founding, and where UVA split the atom, behold the fantastical history of Mount Jefferson.

Sir: Boyd Tonkin’s review of Anna Aslanyan’s Dancing on Ropes highlights the post-war abandonment of local Afghan and Iraqi interpreters by the US and UK (Books, 17 July). The UK’s response, up until last summer, deserved every bit of Tonkin’s strictures but the past year has seen a ‘strategic shift’. Ben Wallace and Priti Patel were clearly determined to change our approach and to give sanctuary to our former staff. More generous regulations were introduced in December and April b...

ALLISON WRABEL The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress CHARLOTTESVILLE — Seeing her great-great-great-uncle Peyton Skipwith’s name carved into the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia fills Carole Malone’s heart “with pride and sadness.” “Peyton, along with 4,000 to 5,000 known and unknown patriots and citizens, toiled at UVa under unspeakable horrors and oppression to carve out a life of dignity and hope for their families and desce...