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Drive In Film Club is back at the iconic Alexandra Palace and they are showing The Lion King on Monday. The film starts at 3pm but the gates open 45 minutes before the spots go on a first come first served basis. For older kids, the 90s classic 10 Things I Hate About You will be shown at 6pm. You can also order popcorn, sweets, alcoholic beverages and hot dogs from the comfort of your car.  £15 per ticket including a charity donation. rooftopfilmclub.com Kew is a childrens paradise Credit: ...

Van Gogh’s Drawbridge in Nieuw-Amsterdam (October 1883) Courtesy of the Groninger Museum, Groningen Vincent van Gogh was always on the move, looking for new places to develop his art. He worked in cities such as The Hague, Antwerp and Paris, in villages in his native Brabant, in Provence and finally in Auvers-sur-Oise. His life has been studied by art historians and biographers in minute detail, but his period in Drenthe, a remote province in the north of the Netherlands, ...

The Great British Art Tour: what connects a bleeding fresco with Lady Hamilton? Dr Amy Orrock, senior curator, and Annelise Hone, collections manager It is Pasquetta (Easter Monday) in the Neapolitan countryside. Crowds of revellers gather, enjoying the spring air and each other’s company. Figures recline beneath the trees, smoking and picnicking, while in the sunlit foreground a group of young girls dance the tarantella, accompanied by musicians. One of the musicians plays a...

 | Updated: 17:08, 04 April 2021 Local arts and heritage groups celebrated being thrown financial lifelines after the second round of government loans and grants were announced on Friday under the Culture Recovery Fund. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announced details of 2,700 organisations being offered nearly £400 million in grants and loans to help the culture sector reopen and recover, on top of the £1 billion that has already been allocated in the first round. Locally some of the ...

The new owner of Montmartre Street Scene (1887) is the Reuben family—the property developers Simon and David Reuben. In an extraordinary auction last week at Sotheby’s in Paris, an internet bidder turned out not to have the money for a Van Gogh. Although the Reuben brothers are Britain’s joint second-richest UK family, worth £16bn (according to The Sunday Times Rich List), they are discreet and hardly household names. But their life story shows how self-made people can acquire a Van Go...

Heres some Mothers Day activities and gift ideas on offer in and around Warwickshire Shakespeare’s England members are planning a whole host of things whether it’s virtual events, takeaway afternoon teas or selling gift vouchers to use that a later date Thursday, 11th March 2021, 5:04 pm Tourist attractions and hotels in and around Warwickshire are making sure Mother’s Day is all wrapped up for people. Once again, the special day all about mum is going to be looking a little different tha...

Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers will go on show today at Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia. It will be the climax in the final room of the exhibition In a message to Australians in the exhibition catalogue, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson singled out the show’s star painting—and the pleasure of “having the soul lifted by the explosive yellows and greens of Van Gogh’s favourite and most famous Sunflowers”. Johnson, never one to forgo a cricketing joke, also reiterated ...

Submitting... Among the most popular places to visit is Birmingham, where you can indulge your inner child at Cadbury World, the famous chocolate factory. Home to many architectural gems, the futuristic Library of Birmingham and gleaming Selfridges Bullring shopping centre are two modern triumphs not to be missed. A canal in central Birmingham (Photo: Shutterstock) The city is renowned for its dining scene, which ranges from the flavourful family-run eateries of Balti Triangle to its Michelin-s...

Compton Verney acquires seven Mark Hearld artworks for its renowned British Folk Art Collection Mark Hearld, Ratter © Compton Verney. Photo: Jamie Woodley. COMPTON VERNEY .- As part of a £100,000 project to reimagine its Folk Art galleries in 2018, Compton Verney’s curatorial team worked with Mark Hearld on the re-hanging of its extensive collection in which he displayed several new works, not only inspired by objects within the collection but also by the animals and rural communities surrou...

Three Environment Agency flood warnings in Warwickshire as snow and rain forecast The recent bad weather has seen river levels rising in the area and motorists and pedestrians are warned to be careful The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss another Warwickshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they�...