Seamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford

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William Wordsworth (detail; 1842), Benjamin Robert Haydon. National Portrait Gallery, London

The inward eye – painting, poetry and the world of William Wordsworth

The 250th anniversary of the poet’s birth prompts a reflection on his complicated relationship with the visual arts

7 Apr 2020

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Masterpiece [Re]discovery 2022. Photo: Ben Fisher Photography, courtesy of Masterpiece London

The Masterpiece podcast: episode three

This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites

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Seeing London through Frank Auerbach’s eyes

Are the art market’s problems being blown out of proportion?

How to paint with real freedom