Giorgio Vasari famously reported that in 1494 Piero de’ Medici commissioned Michelangelo to make a snowman – it was ‘very beautiful’, but nothing more is known about it. Despite Lowman’s insistence ...

Kate Barnett longed to be a mother, but a rare blood disorder meant that carrying a child could kill her. In a remarkable act of love, her sister, Sophie, offered to carry a baby for her, using ...