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Words by John Jervis For better or worse, the visual arts haven’t featured large in Britain’s national mythologies of late. Yet, in September 2018, Theresa May launched what is now known as Festival UK* 2022, proclaiming: ‘Just as millions of Britons celebrated their nation’s great achievements in 1951, we want to showcase what makes our country great today.’ This ‘Festival of Brexit’ was met with scorn, hilarity and anger among artistic communities – followed, last year, by infighting and accusations of hypocrisy as groups from Assemble to the White Pube accepted the governme...

Young people taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards could go on 'urban expeditions' or play computer games amid plans to boost numbers by the year 2026. The awards were set up in 1956 by Prince Philip and it has since spread to more than 140 countries with millions of people taking part. Ruth Marvel, its chief executive, now wants to expand it in the UK and has targeted reaching one million young people, up from its current 300,000. The Duke of Edinburgh at a presentation reception for gold award holders in Edinburgh, 2017 Among its plans to attract new participants is to add urban exped...

Philip's 'DIY growing up kit': Royal Family praise prince for 'transforming the lives of millions of young people' after founding the Duke of Edinburgh's award scheme in 1956 Royal Family pays tribute to Prince Philip's work in setting up the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Twitter tribute Philip launched Award 65 years ago after being inspired by the Moray Badge while at Gordonstoun School Scheme has now spread to more than 140 countries with 6.7million people having participated in it in Britain

Prince Philip was 34 when he first conceived the idea of a scheme to help bridge the gap between formal education and national service. Inspired – or, as Philip put it, ‘pestered’ – by his headmaster at Gordonstoun school, Kurt Hahn, he worked to set up a challenge that allowed young men to make the best use of their free time and the Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme (DofE) was born. Now, 65 years on, more than 6.7million young men and women have participated in DofE programmes in the UK and achieved 3.1million awards. It is now offered in more than 140 countries. The scheme is argu...

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, dies at 99 A tweet from the official royal family account confirmed that the prince "passed away peacefully" at Windsor Castle, after having been treated for a preexisting heart condition earlier this year. He was released from the hospital on March 16. Prince Philip was often described as having old-fashioned charm, but he was equally renowned for his outdated, politically incorrect sense of humor, one that made him somewhat prone to gaffes. He was a throwback to another era, one that valued the stiff upper lip, and no doubt took it in stride whe...