In March 1979, he wrote a piece for the Observer newspaper protesting against the Tate Gallery’s bias for abstraction, insisting that although “we know, in fact, that art can be full of joy”, the ...

Improvements on trade in services are also in Starmer’s sights, notably the mutual recognition of professional qualifications and simpler conditions for British artists touring in the EU. All these ...

An award-winning artist has visited 53 nature reserves around the UK to produce drawings using a ballpoint pen. Cy Baker, who was Wildlife Artist of the Year in 2022, partnered with the Wildlife ...

‘The US can start a war with Iran, but it will not get to finish it,’ warns former State Department adviser Vali Nasr ...

‘If he really liked you, he would return your calls,’ says veteran Vatican journalist on Pope Francis ...

It took a little bit more time for rock and roll to reach the English shores. Although many people like to consider the British invasion as the moment when everything solidified for them, the sounds ...

Cheeky grin on his face, a cigarette never far from his mouth, proud Yorkshireman David Hockney may have been in bad health recently but you would never know it. The 87-year-old, arguably Britain ...

She has previously been linked to comedian J Cyrus, British artist Bree Runway and rapper French Montana. Joseph will star in The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event, which will explore the ...

Subsequently, his quest for stadium art took him to Japan, Taiwan, America, Mexico and Cuba, where he painted polo, sumo wrestling, Formula 1, football, and more. “Each stadium and each sport ...

Hockney moved from Bradford to the Royal College of Art in London in the past decades when students mocked his northern British accent. The young artist refused to let anything deter him as he ...

Last week, the British artist FKA Twigs, who hasn’t performed in the U.S. since 2019, canceled her much-anticipated North American tour just days before her Coachella dates. “I’m devastated ...

MANILA, Philippines — The British Council continues to support the growth of the Filipino art scene through Carl Irving “Kulay” Labitigan featuring his work called the “7,642nd Island” in Nena ...