Substitute Chloe Kelly poked home a loose ball from a corner to send the raucous record crowd of 87,192 into a frenzy with ten minutes of extra time remaining. She waited for confirmation of the goal before taking off her shirt and waving it around her head, while being lifted by her team-mates in a moment of pure elation.

For more than 150 years football has been an intrinsic part of this nation’s culture and lifestyle, a form of identity, a unit of social currency. And yet for most of that time women have been excluded from this club and its perks: shouted down and shut out. Read more

Halcyon Gallery is excited and proud to announce the relocation of its London flagship gallery from 144-146 New Bond Street to the newly renovated and historically significant building next door at 148 New Bond Street, London. The new flagship gallery will open in October 2022. The site had previously been home to The Fine Art Society, the venerable specialist in British art and design, since its establishment in 1876. Following a comprehensive and sympathetic course of renovation, the new Halcyon will make a magnificent home from which to expand our mission to share access to world class 19th and 20th century masters’ artworks as well as exhibitions by our influential and exciting contemporary artists. Read more

From 14-21 July, Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints features forty lots of exemplary Japanese woodblock prints. Opening the sale is the Property of an Important Private European Collection (Lots 1–17); all were formerly in the collection of Henri Vever (1854-1942) and include numerous designs from the late 18th – early 19th century. Read more