The secret of the pit

I’m standing on a bunch of boring hills, on the edge of the high and dusty Castilian plains. This is the kind of Spain that tourists avoid.
Yet in archaeological terms this site is El Dorado. Because these hills of the Sierra Atapuerca have recently given up treasures which promise to change our ideas of human [...]

Hugh dumps Liz as art world holds its breath

A s the autumn round of art auctions gets underway in New York, none will be so closely studied for clues to the direction of the market as Christie’s carefully curated Faces in Art - Iconic Portraiture on November 13.
The art market, like the credit and debt markets, is in a state of certifiable anxiety. [...]