As a child I'd always liked fairy illustrations in books – not the twee, Disneyfied fairies you see everywhere now, but fairies that looked altogether stranger and more interesting. I didn't realise ...

Puck, Tinker Bell, the Fairy Godmother herself: fairies have fluttered throughout literature, theater, and bedtime stories for centuries. These magical beings, often diminutively scaled, have a ...

One of Monet’s most unique paintings, La Japonaise is completely different from his usual genre of soft colours, nature, parties, or happy subjects. This shows a woman dressed in a lavish Japanese ...

Claude Monet, the man who is known as the ‘Father of the Impressionist movement’ has painted some of the most beautiful and scenic paintings in his lifetime. He was the type of artist who knew how to ...

Londonist is proud to be media partner to the British Academy’s Literature Week. Aren't these illustrations gorgeous? There's more where they come from, and you can see them up close and personal in a ...