Robert Douglas-Fairhurst is the author of The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and The Secret History of Wonderland (Harvill Secker)

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Two of a deck of 78 tarot cards designed by Salvador Dalí and originally published in 1983–84.

Surreal deal – on Salvador Dalí’s tarot deck

Long out of print, the cards have been reissued by Taschen. But what of the artistic merits of their designs?

14 Feb 2020
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A bewitching history of magic at the Ashmolean

An ancient cow’s heart and a witches’ ladder are among the intriguing objects in this exploration of magical thinking

8 Nov 2018
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The eccentric and enduring visions of Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron’s photographs are some of the most hauntingly original of the 19th century.

2 Feb 2016

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Richard Roger in front of the Centre Pompidou in Paris in November 2007.

Richard Rogers was as significant an architect as Lutyens

The architect who created some of the most memorable buildings of the last century and was a major influence on urban policy in Britain has died at the age of 88

Nan Goldin protesting with P.A.I.N. in the courtyard of the Louvre in July 2019.

Museums must stop turning a blind eye to dodgy donors

US museums have long relied on wealthy individuals, but the sources of some of that wealth makes this increasingly untenable

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