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Hello. weve a much colder snap of weather on the way for the next couple of days, so theres a much greater risk of some ice and some snow. snow from these showers in the north through the course of today, and even perhaps in this band of more persistent rain in the south just on the hills because we got that cold airjust nudging further southwards, hanging around through today, hanging around through tomorrow as well. and look at this strengthening wind that will accentuate the chill. so, yes, w...

Had major surgery, said planning her new exhibition helped her to carry on. in a conversation with our arts editor will gompertz she talked about her passion for painting and her love of life. edvard munch‘s work is about his emotions, and identifying them. 1870, 1890, it wasnt really cool to be a man, and go around saying, "im filled with rage and jealousy." and with your paintings, are you a body through which these works are created? the work comes from an energy, and its an energy that i c...

0ne one of the most celebrated artists has told the bbc her artists has told the bbc her art has kept her alive. since she was diagnosed with bladder cancer the summer. she was diagnosed with bladder cancer the summer. shes 57 yea rs cancer the summer. shes 57 years old, shes had major surgery, years old, shes had major surgery, and said planning a new exhibition helped her carry on. in conversation with our a rts on. in conversation with our arts editor, she talked of her passion for painting a...

If you are drawing and you film it as its being done frame by frame, the drawing comes into being but you can keep on the process of erasing and drawing and the drawing has a kind of movement. there were interesting combinations of this. one i think, temperamentally for me, it was interesting to find a way within artmaking to be able to show the world as process rather than fact. you can say, heres a table, do a drawing of a table, there is a table, there is a fact. but you can also say a table ...

You have to make art that makes people feel. its like being a conductor. its like "boomph!" you know, you really, really go for it. i think that painting is about unrequited love. a lot of people know what that feels like. at the moment, like, i want you to see my face. but youre not going to see it because were stuck in these covid times, you know? i havent had a hug, i cant remember last time anybody hugged me. everyones rushing out to buy puppies and kittens, because they need love and affect...

Shes interested the truth. and shes never shied away from that. you dont have to make art that makes people happy. you have to make art that makes people feel. its like being a conductor. its like "boomph!" you know, you really, really go for it. i think that painting is about unrequited love. a lot of people know what that feels like. at the moment, like, i want you to see my face. but youre not going to see it because were stuck in these covid times, you know? i havent had a hug, i cant rememb...

I think it is... sometimes i would say im cautiously pessimistic, but i think in south africa you cannot be either an optimist or a pessimist. to claim youre one or the other is to miss what is happening here. so, for every disastrous thing and bad decision that is happening, there are extraordinary impulses and projects beginning. but to say, "oh, there are these great projects and extraordinary energy and good will that still exists after so little has changed for so many people in south afric...

You cannot be either an optimist or a pessimist. to claim youre one or the other is to miss what is happening here. so for every disastrous thing and bad decision that is happening, there are extraordinary impulses and projects beginning. but to say, "oh, there are these great projects and extraordinary energy and good will that still exists after so little has changed for so many people in south africa," to only see that and not see the damage done also is also crazy. its not to say youre sitti...

"im filled with rage and jealousy." and with your paintings, are you a body through which these works are created? the work comes from an energy, and its an energy that i cant hold within myself, that has to come out. and i think if it doesnt come out, ifeel like im going to spontaneously combust. these paintings are like, bang, totally direct. theyre hiding nothing. shes not interested in beauty. shes interested the truth. and shes never shied away from that. you dont have to make art that make...

Across england and wales. and then behind that, towards the north west, we get some sunshine, the wind picks up and we get some showers. gales in the northwest of scotland, and over the highlands, there may be some sleet 01’ snow as it turns colder. 5 degrees here. further south and east, highs of 8 or 9. the weather is set to change later on in the week. low pressure is returning, stronger winds, some rain at times. not only that, but it will be feeling a lot cooler.