London welcomes millions of visitors each year, and for many, their first experience of the city begins at one of its major airports. From the world-renowned Heathrow to the convenient London City Airport, the capital is served by six airports, each with its own unique character and advantages.

Did you know that, across the UK, only 2.7% of statues are of women who are not either royal or mythical? By my count there are now twenty eight statues of named non-royal women in London. Queens such as Victoria, Elizabeth and Anne have prominent statues and many mythological figures are also represented in female form.

The collector William Beckford said of Turner: ‘He paints now as if his brains and imagination were mixed up on his palette with soapsuds and lather.’ Whether insult or compliment, it’s a great description of this Romantic artist who raised humble landscape painting to the level of intellectual history painting.