Read the story behind the opulent 1888 masterpiece by Anglo-Dutch painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888) Collection of Pérez Simón, Mexico.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was born in Friesland in the northern Netherlands. He shifted to England in July 1870 after the outbreak of the Franco Prussian War, and spent the rest of his life ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Most composers suffer a decline in reputation after their death and it is only following a re-evaluation some ...

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This week's Poem Of The Week is On viewing The Roses of Heliogabalus, by Greg Delanty, taken from his latest collection, No More Time, published by LSU Press. On viewing The Roses of Heliogabalus, it ...

HELIOGABALUS: A LOVE STORY written and directed by Sky Gilbert, with Jefferson Guzman, Ellen-Ray Hennessy and Sam Nulf. Presented by the Cabaret Company at the Theatre Centre (1087 Queen West). Runs ...