After the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, the manor and estate were granted to Thomas Seymour, who shortly after Henry VIII's death married his widow Catherine Parr. Now owned by the Lowsley-Williams family, who have been at Chavenage since 1845.

From cathedrals to churches, cottages to coastlines, we are never very far from a place John Piper has painted or written about. One of the most versatile British artists of the twentieth century - painter, designer, stained glass artist, photographer and writer on the arts - a man of many parts.

Exploring the relationship between the making of an image and the way in which it is perceived by the viewer.

Mozart, Haydn, Gluck, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Mahler, Bruckner, Schoenberg - it reads like a list of the great and the good in classical music, but the amazing thing is that every one of these musical geniuses lived and worked in Vienna.

When Velazquez moved to the royal court in Madrid with his young family, his life and his art changed. Meet the courtiers, dwarves, children, ladies in waiting and bodyguards who surrounded him as well as the royal family.

An overview of Russian art, from the priceless icons of the Orthodox Church, to those of the early 20th C avant-garde. We'll explore the distinctive features of Russian art, the dramatic events which affected its development in the 18th-19th C and cover the nation's greatest painters' achievements.