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From left: Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lawrence Power Credit: Kayla Wren/Jack Liebeck/Avalon.Red In a disastrous year for the arts which saw venues close and many lose their livelihoods overnight, some individuals and organisations showed bravery, initiative and good old blitz spirit to try to keep the party going. Here are seven who brightened up 2020. Pop: Sophie Ellis-Bextor By hanging a glitterball and tinsel curtain in the open plan kitchen of her home in west London, underemployed pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor became a beacon of national joy. Every Friday through the dark...

The tooled gold inner panels of the small portable 14th-century Wilton Diptych flicker “like a lantern that has shone through six centuries” Courtesy National Gallery, London At the end of the day on Wednesday 18 March, I gathered all the gallery assistants on the mosaic staircase to address them before they went to change out of their uniforms. We had to close the gallery because of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and we weren’t sure for how long. I was grateful for their commitment and was very much looking forward to seeing them again soon. We all burst into ...