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Laguna Beach Local News As a long-time resident of Laguna Beach, I might be able to shed some light and humor as to two articles in this week’s edition. Dave Weinstein to our North queries as to the fractious feud between the Village and Liberate camps. I see them as useful in that their fratricide prevents either group from doing too much damage. Stand back from their food fights, relax. As for Chris Catsimanes’ comments about Peter Blake’s vitriol, again, relax. Toni Iseman was voted in...

Kathryn Maple Wins Prestigious John Moores Painting Prize  / Kathryn Maple has won the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize 2020 with her vibrant work, The Common. The Walker Art Gallery announced the recipients today. A large, figurative work, Kathryn describes the painting as depicting a ‘..meeting place, an intersection, people seemingly aware of each other, but minds elsewhere – all sharing an open space’. Kathryn’s work frequently returns to ideas around ‘res...

You could design new water bottle label to mark 150 years of Royal Albert Hall There is a £4,000 prize on offer Updated Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice The bespoke new design will run on the 500ml Still and Sparkling bottles in 2021 and throughout 2022. The new bottle will be ava...

Melanie Saleem examines a vase ahead of Elstob and Elstob sale WORK by some of the world’s most famous and respected designers will be showcased at Elstob & Elstob’s first Signed and Designed sale, taking place on Friday, March 5 at 10am. The event is one of a number of new sales that have been introduced by the Ripon-based auction house as part of its increased 2021 auction calendar and will showcase the decorative arts from the Gothic Revival movement of the mid-18th century to the pr...

Died: January 22, 2021. IT was 1993, and considerable interest was stirring in the world of Scottish art: the world-renowned David Hockney would, for the first time, be exhibiting his paintings in this country. The venue was the William Hardie Gallery at 141 West Regent Street, Glasgow. In 1992 Hardie had begun accompanying his friend John Cox, Scottish Opera’s artistic director, to Los Angeles to meet Hockney, Cox having engaged the artist to design the sets and costumes for a Covent G...

A TALENTED Oxfordshire artist’s painting has been shortlisted for a prestigious art prize once won by David Hockney. Stephen Lee, who lives in Brailes on the Oxfordshire-Warwickshire border, is in the running for the John Moores Painting Prize 2020 at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Mr Lees shortlisted painting is called March, and draws from the sprawling landscapes of the Cotswolds which he frequents. The paint and ash on canvas depicts a labourer and his dog surrounded by tool...

Located halfway between New Zealand and Tonga, the Kermadec Islands/Rangitāhua is one of New Zealand’s largest fully protected marine reserves and identified as one of only four pristine marine ecosystems on Earth, fully functioning with a unique mix of tropical, sub-tropical and temperate species of fish. The Kermadec Islands are 1,000 km northeast of New Zealand and are a significant conservation area for both New Zealand and the world. They’re the visible surface of a chain of about 80 ...

Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A bottle of whisky dubbed the “holy grail of single malts” has fetched £1 million in a Scottish auction. © Supplied by Markus Stitz Whisky Auctioneer founder, Iain McClune, at The Gleneagles Hotel American Bar. The Macallan 1926 Fine and Rare 60 Year Old, sold by Perth-based Whisky Auctioneer, is the f...

Located halfway between New Zealand and Tonga, Rangitāhua is one of New Zealand’s largest fully protected marine reserves and identified as one of only four pristine marine ecosystems on Earth, fully functioning with a unique mix of tropical, sub-tropical and temperate species of fish. The Kermadec Islands are 1,000 km northeast of New Zealand and are a significant conservation area for both New Zealand and the world. They’re the visible surface of a chain of about 80 volcanoes, stretching...

Luna Rossa out race Team UK for seventh time in Prada Cup final. Landlubber sports commentator Scotty Stevenson has his own reasons for admiring Kiwi America’s Cup hero Sir Peter Blake. “Part of a primary school project was to write a letter to Sir Peter – although he wasn’t Sir Peter at the time – while he was sailing the Whitbread round-the-world race on Lion New Zealand,” says Stevenson. Supplied Scotty Stevenson on Sir Peter Blake, “I thought what an amazing human being he m...