Athena Arts on Instagram: "With a single portrait, Anthony van Dyck captured the ambition and strategic alliances that shaped 17th-century European royalty. This video explores the momentous occasion of the marriage between William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary Stuart, immortalized by the Flemish master Anthony van Dyck in 1641. This double portrait commemorates the union between William II, the 14-year-old son of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and Mary Stuart, the nine-year-old daughter of

Sheila & Bruce Harvey-Larmar on Instagram: "This ancient latch in our 17th century hallway puzzled us from the day we moved in. Original panelling, original hardware… yet nothing seemed to match it. We initially thought it might once have opened a secret cupboard, and was the only explanation we could imagine - until lockdown, when we rescued an original door from an outbuilding and had it restored. The moment we rehung it, the hook on its back slid perfectly beneath the latch in the panelling -