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/ Tony Cragg is the latest artist to be featured in the magnificent grounds of Houghton Hall in Norfolk. For more than half a decade, this stately home has held in the spring and summer months superb one-person shows of contemporary sculpture. The exhilarating sequence was initiated with James Turrell when visitors could even come at night to see the Grade I listed house illuminated with a Turrell light piece.   Tony Cragg is among the most exuberant and exhilarating yet to be on view – MV...

A former politician and exceptional advocate for the arts, Lord Robert 'Robin' Walpole has died aged 82.

Wednesday 12 May 2021 The Queen and Prince Charles walking behind David Cholmondeley as he carries the Imperial State Crown during the Opening of Parliament, 2021 RICHARD POHLE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images This week, The Queen took part in a scaled-back, socially-distanced State Opening of Parliament at the House of Lords where she announced Prime Minister Boris Johnsons legislative agenda. In line with the governments decision to reduce ceremonial elements, The Queen did not wear the Imperial...

Mannington Hall, 1988. Picture: Archant Library - Credit: Archant Library He also served on Norfolk County Council from 1970 to 1981, during which time his roles included that of chairman of the museums committee. One of his Conservative colleagues for part of that period was Baroness Shephard, later to become South West Norfolk MP. Paying tribute, she said: "He was not obliged to take a role in public life, but he did so. I admired him greatly and we have lost someone who did a great deal for...

Companies in desperate hunt for aircraft to move cargo Seller’s market means strong bottom lines for airlines, high rates for shippers 0 3,250 11 minutes read A forklift driver repositions an airfreight pallet, in front of a row of air containers and a cargo jet. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves at DFW Airport) ( Updated May 12, 10:15 P.M. ET with DHL Forwarding details on rail service) The airfreight market is so saturated that companies without precommitments, or the stomach to pay...

Rates Shoot Higher Shipping rates are steadily climbing with demand outstripping supply in many areas. The China and Hong Kong markets are leading the way on price strength, while others are more dynamic. In some cases, prices are even higher than during the PPE rush of spring 2020 when air cargo capacity worldwide contracted more than 40%.  The Baltic Air Freight Indices showed an increase of almost 17% in April from March largely driven by China and Hong Kong exports.  By the end of April, ...

Painting has been acquired for nation and will be reinstalled at Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham The 1561 group portrait of Catherine de’ Medici with her children. Photograph: Matt Chung The 1561 group portrait of Catherine de’ Medici with her children. Photograph: Matt Chung Fri 7 May 2021 03.00 EDT A monumental portrait of Catherine de’ Medici, one of the most powerful women in 16th-century Europe, will return to Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham after it was acquired for...

Tony Cragg brings a thrilling disorder to the Palladian symmetry of Houghton Hall 4/5 The Turner Prize-winning artists quasi-abstract sculptures surround Lord Cholmondeley’s family seat, subverting its grandeur cleverly Tony Craggs Untitled 2020 at Houghton Hall Credit: PA In recent years, Lord Cholmondeley has attempted to turn his family seat – Houghton Hall in Norfolk – into a destination for lovers of modern and contemporary art. He has held solo shows by the likes of Damien Hirst (in...

What would Boris Johnson have to do, I wonder, for his critics to take him seriously? For weeks hes been battered by dreadful headlines, culminating in the Mails revelations of his alleged use of donations to pay for the redecoration of his Downing Street flat. Day after day, his critics hammered away at the issue of so-called sleaze. Then came Thursday, the largest round of local elections since 1973. And the result could hardly have been clearer: another thumping victory for Teflon Boris. Wha...

The portrait of Catherine de Medici with her children, made in the workshop of Francois Clouet, has returned to Horace Walpoles Strawberry Hill after being auction almost two centuries ago © Kilian OSullivan One of Horace Walpole’s treasures has returned to Strawberry Hill, his fantasy miniature Medieval palace on the banks of the Thames in West London, almost two centuries after the writer and collector’s possessions were scattered in an auction so spectacular that ...