[ad_1] Seirian Richards, aged 10, was just seven when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a type of blood cancer, in October 2022. Doctors initially thought her leg pain was a pulled muscle from Taekwondo or simply growing pains – but the reality was far more serious. Her mum Amanda said: “The pain got
[ad_1] Dress code. The two little words, usually found at the bottom of an invitation in a font smaller than the significance warrants, that fill some partygoers with joy – sending them down a rabbit hole of fancy dress outfitters and Vinted treasures – and others with resignation, capitulation or blind panic. Guaranteed to make
[ad_1] While it’s true that in the age of streaming the vast majority of people experience album artwork in tiny thumbnail form, it remains a visual medium fully capable of making an impact. This year proved that a great sleeve can still stop you mid-scroll – whether through a single stark gesture, like a lone
[ad_1] 2025 was so rich in expectation that it seemed unlikely to deliver even a fraction of its many enticing promises. And yet, it really has been a truly vintage year for art – some consolation perhaps for what has in other respects been a mixed bag. Blockbusters to suit all tastes ranged from cutting
[ad_1] The 1960s Brutalist building, which overlooks the city’s ring road, was set to be torn down as part of the university’s plans for a ‘radical’ overhaul of its estate earlier this year. Historic England recommended the listing, citing the school’s significance to the British Black Art movement, having hosted the First National Black Art
[ad_1] This year’s Bradford District Museums and Galleries “Z Open” recently opened at Bradford Industrial Museum. The diverse artwork by local young people who entered the competition is on display at the venue until March 8. Z Open – curated by the museums and galleries service Young Ambassadors ‘Generation Z’ cohort celebrates artwork produced by
[ad_1] Vermeer is beauty and enigma. What makes his pictures at once mesmerising and challenging is the sense that there is more to those frozen moments of daily life than meets the eye, that a pensive look or the hint of a smile hide an elusive message we can’t quite catch. Now, however, art historian
[ad_1] The UK government says it is streamlining customs processes to boost the domestic art market and simplify the importing of art and antiques in the wake of Brexit. The arts minister Stephen Parkinson said in a 29 January speech that the long-term aim is to create the “world’s most effective border”. Since Brexit’s official
[ad_1] The winner of the Turner Prize was to be unveiled Tuesday, with four people vying for the prestigious award for contemporary art, including an Iraqi painter and an autistic artist. Established in 1984 to celebrate contemporary British art, the Turner Prize is awarded each year to an artist born or based in Britain for
[ad_1] Figures from the art and photography worlds have paid tribute to the UK photographer Martin Parr, an arch chronicler of British traditions and eccentrics, who has died, aged 73. A statement from the Martin Parr Foundation on 7 November said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Martin Parr died yesterday at