I confess these watercolour paintings were not done en plein air but the images are taken from Lost Gardens of England from the Archives of...

Oxford University's Pitt Rivers Museum has been revamped to shed new light on an extraordinary and sometimes bizarre collection of hu...

Good Morning Rosie, Did you sleep well? Yes thank you. I dreamt about a Guardian journalist but we kept our clothes on. Phew. I know. Ho...

I was in London's V & A Museum yesterday and these were some of the postcards I picked out. Evening Dress hand embroidered and mach...

What do you do with your old copies of Vogue ? Images © Vogue & © Rosie West

Nymphs and shepherds, come away. In the groves let's sport and play, For this is Flora's holiday, Sacred to ease and happy love, T...

South Pacific, ohh. Mitzi Gaynor's ball gown, with its lavender gingham bias cut bodice, and white chiffon skirt wafting around the pa...

that I'm beginning to find my blog a bit too well-behaved. I'd love to join the demi-monde of the blogosphere but then I'd have ...

Last year I had the dream job providing a range of illustrations and sketchbooks for a film called The Other Man starring Laura Linney as ...

My recent post about having to go to hospital may have been a touch melodramatic. As it turned out I had rather a wonderful time at Barts...

Here are my favourite images of President Obama's 100 Days . They catch him in a range of situations from very formal to very intima...