heritage

Uffizi Gallery to reopen Renaissance art rooms after €600,000 gift

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Fifty more paintings to be exhibited as Florence museum accepts donation from luxury goods firm Salvatore Ferragamo

Curators may be sceptical but branding is vital for museums

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The Tate and British Museum are among institutions that have adopted brand thinking – taken seriously, it can help our scholarship reach more people

Joséphine’s letters to trusted Napoleon general to go on sale in Paris

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Expert describes four unpublished letters to chief of staff Alexandre Berthier as ‘wonderful, intimate and revealing’

Real books should be preserved like papyrus scrolls

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In a future electronic world, there will be a ghastly contingency about the written word. Books have a new place as sacred objects, and libraries as museums

M&S Best of British menswear range: not just a suit …

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Marks & Spencer’s new Best of British range uses the country’s finest cloth and craftsmen. But will the average M&S customer spend £800 on a suit?