A landmark event: our past and present, revealed through portraits, tying in to a major BBC series.
-A huge cultural event from three of the country's most celebrated institutions: PRH, the BBC and the National Portrait Gallery Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares;
Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a naked John Lennon five hours before his death.
Simon Schama has written a tour de force about British portraits over the centuries in which the image-maker, the subject and everyone else looking on are brought unforgettably to life. Mesmerising in its extraordinary storytelling, and beautifully illustrated, The Face of Britain will change the way we see our past - and ourselves.