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Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with sycophants doing his bidding would be seductive.

In a new exhibition, the ‘monstrous’ history of chinoiserie is used to discuss ideas of women and femininity

IN FOCUS: In 2008, Patrick Bringley took up a post as a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after the untimely death of his older brother. Now, 17 years later, he’s preparing to talk about his experience in an off-Broadway play inspired by his bestselling memoir. Tom Murray…

Once yelled at women seen to be pestering or annoying – or at feminists questioning and threatening the status quo – “harpy” has long been used as a derogatory term targeting women.