Imagine the countless thousands who have taken one glance at The Hay Wain, then marched straight out into the streets in white hoods, demanding the immediate repatriation of immigrants.

Dedham Vale and Hay Wain were the setting for six of Constable’s greatest paintings; they have changed little in the two centuries since It was a stunning morning back in July, one of those rare ...

Constable’s 1821 painting The Hay Wain shows a cart and horses next to a corn mill in the River Stour and has become a gentle symbol of the British countryside. But the painting will be rehung ...