Rare Brueghel Goes Under the Hammer in London
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A riotously profane picture of a village  fete by Pieter Brueghel the Younger that has not been seen in  public for 70 years goes under the hammer in London next week.
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A British architectural historian has an unusual specialty: he focuses on architectsâ designs that have been taken apart.
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It has withstood assaults from renegade barons, rampaging peasants, and Nazi bombers, but the Tower of London, one of Britain's top tourist attractions, is once again under siege.
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Britain may not be renowned for its tropical temperatures but in the summer there is one guaranteed hot spot: the London underground.
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By Rhona Ganguly; Emma Pinch  Britain's most endangered mammal has been discovered thriving in many of Birmingham's urban watercourses.
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The public is called upon to help hunt for a rare grass-like plant recently found growing in the UK.
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Controversy surrounding a current art exhibition (earlier reports here) being held in Berlin has deepened after an unusual stunt pulled on Wednesday by a German gymnast, said to be protesting over the dark legacy which is attached to the artworks on
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One of the most distinctive buildings in The City financial district of London, the Swiss Re Tower or &quot;Gherkin&quot;, has gone up for sale.
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A top London gallery owner and   international auctioneers on Wednesday announced plans to cash   in on the booming contemporary art market ahead of an annual   fair that attracts hundreds of collectors to the city.
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For some sections of the British press, nothing succeeds like excess - but London&#39;s editors are steering well clear of one story, writes Peter Fray in London.
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A Betjeman fan challenges the current laureate Stob Thanks to the Beeb's correctly extensive celebrations of Sir John Betjeman's centenary, Betjmania is once more abroad and has conquered everywhere. (Everywhere? Well, as they say in the Asterix books, everywhere except one tiny village...)â¦
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THE Cityâs most venerable institution has effectively put itself up for sale, as the 300-year-old London Stock Exchange offered to renew merger talks with the Deutsche BÃ¶rse, its long
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City of London awash with rumours that Â£3.7bn fraud is at the heart of the market turmoil
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It's not often that you come across a Caravaggio or Van Gogh while walking around London's Soho, but for the next 12 weeks, the National Gallery is taking its masterpieces to the streets. In a bid to give the public a taste of the collection, the gallery has hung life-sized reproductions around the capital. Each painting is framed and accompanied by an information plaque, and passersby can phone a number for an audio guide of the works. Here's how Londoners  reacted to the famous works on their doorstep ...
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Statues scattered across central London rooftops as part of artist Antony Gormley&#39;s latest exhibition are proving a serious headache for police.
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The BBC's Tristana Moore visits the art collection that is causing controversy in Germany because of its owner.
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Comment is free: Tristram Hunt: The chasm between rich and poor seen in London today resembles the Manchester that Engels described in the 1840s.