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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 children's paradise Credit: Getty Images Kew Gardens, West London These famous gardens are home to the largest and most diver...

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, remains more of a mystery. That is set to change, with a new publication and an exhibition. Van Gog...

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 triccheballacche, a traditional percussive instrument of southern Italy, with three hammers that pr...

 | 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 organisations included: Compton Verney given £460,000 grant (45820661) The Shakespeare Birthplace T...

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 Gogh to hang above their sofa. Simon and David were born in Mumbai, India, to Jewish parents of Iraqi ...