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...publication did in the end present the tunes with their Welsh words. [A portrait of Lady Llanover and a photograph of Maria Jane Williams side by side.]Left: Lady Llanover (painted in 1862 by Mornewicke), wearing the Welsh ‘traditional’ dress for which she is best known. (Image: Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales) Right: Maria Jane Williams, photographed in later...

...public spaces) that have long concerned art historians. Art History can be headline news. Art History as a subject has changed a lot over the last few decades – yet some of the most exciting changes may still be to come. In 2023 I visited the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art to ask a small group of art historians about what they do, and how and why they do...

...public housing, with terrible results for families and a lack of political support, in favour of private, market provision. So we have continued to favour what are now established traditions, like the English terrace house. [A typical English terrace house ] How much change can we make without damaging the buildings we are trying to pass on to future generations? How can...