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SEPARATED FROM THE MAINLAND by a narrow stretch of the River Ore, Orford Ness is a wild strand of shingle on the Suffolk coast. From 1915 to 1993, it was a Ministry of Defense research laboratory developing technologies of war and death (radar, atomic weaponry) out of public view, its existence not even officially acknowledged. Today, the place feels vast and eerie, more Tarkovsky’s Zone, studded with disused buildings called things like Cobra Mist and Bomb Ballistics. And yet the spit of lan...

Marlene Dumas' portraits of the writer Oscar Wilde and his young lover, Lord Alfred Douglas illustrate that social attitudes do change.

A campaign to turn a derelict prison into an arts hub has been given a major boost by Banksy — who says he didn't know about the building until he passed it, by chance, on a bus.

Banksy has said he wants to raise millions of pounds to save HMP Reading, which once held Oscar Wilde.

Members of the public take pictures of a mural painted by Banksy at Reading Prison on March 5, 2021. Ming Yeung/Getty Images Banksy is pushing to

Banksy has said he wants to raise millions of pounds to save HMP Reading, which once held Oscar Wilde.

Banksy has said he wants to raise millions of pounds to save HMP Reading, which once held Oscar Wilde.

Banksy has said he wants to raise millions of pounds to save HMP Reading, which once held Oscar Wilde.

Banksy has said he wants to raise millions of pounds to save HMP Reading, which once held Oscar Wilde.

Banksy has said he wants to raise millions of pounds to save HMP Reading, which once held Oscar Wilde.