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.

The Victoria and Albert museum has done it again! On 31 May, the new V&A East Storehouse opened to the public, unveiling a new venue with a collection of over 250,000 objects, set in the ultimate Ikea display but, needless to say, with a degree of sophistication that only the Victoria & Albert can muster.

The Tower of London located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London is a top 10 London tourist attraction. Visitors are mainly drawn to the Tower of London to see the spectacular display of The Crown Jewels, part of the Royal Collection and still regularly used by His Majesty The King.