But the painting also had supporters. “I actually don’t mind it because I don’t think the painting was meant to look like the Princess of Wales in a realistic way, but more like an image we recognise to be her. To me it works,” wrote Fafo. “Painting in whatever medium you chose isn’t meant to...
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9 hours ago Emily Coady-Stemp,BBC News, South East Amelia Smith Red Smith’s creation went viral on social media after a neighbour posted about it A six-year-old’s homemade comic book went viral on social media after he sold it to a neighbour for £1. Red Smith, from Brighton, wrote a story based on a character called...
1 hour ago Shyamantha Asokan,BBC News, West Midlands Getty The El Dorado festival was due to take place at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, in Herefordshire, on 11-14 July A summer music festival has been cancelled because of “a dramatic rise” in the cost of putting it on, organisers say. The El Dorado festival was due...
Getty Hay Festival attracts around 300,000 visitors every year The countdown is on to Hay Festival, one of the world’s top literary events which takes place every year in the mid-Wales town of Hay-on-Wye. This year’s lineup includes a variety of speakers and performers – including Geri Halliwell-Horner, Bonnie Tyler, Gary Lineker and Theresa May....
Members of the cast of Emmerdale have praised the show’s impact ahead of its 10,000th episode. The ITV soap, which is filmed in Leeds, first aired on 16 October 1972. It was originally commissioned for just 26 episodes but episode 10,000 will air later. Actor Ash Palmisciano, who plays Emmerdale’s first transgender character, Matty Barton,...
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