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Robert Dex, Arts Correspondent

London

Mystery Evening Standard sellers to star in National Portrait Gallery

A portrait of two Fleet Street newspaper sellers is included in a new show dedicated to pioneering photographer Yevonde Middleton

Jun 19, 2023
UK

US novelist Barbara Kingsolver wins Women’s Prize for Fiction again

Two-time winning American novelist hailed for her epic work

Jun 14, 2023
UK

New cash for fashion, Abba-style screen lab and film festival

New government funding for London Fashion Week and the London Film Festival has been announced

Jun 14, 2023
World

Donald Trump ‘did not have consent to use clip from Air movie’

The former US president posted a campaign video using audio of Matt Damon from the new movie Air

Jun 12, 2023
Theatre

Tim Sheader named as the new Donmar Warehouse boss

He comes straight from a long tenure at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Jun 7, 2023
UK

Blank canvas: gender-neutral uniforms at the Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery staff will be getting the uniforms for its reopening on June 22 after a £35 million refurbishment

Jun 6, 2023
London

Battle lines drawn over ‘new London Eye’ at Camden Lock

The 131ft-high wheel which would look out over a part of the Regent’s Canal

Jun 6, 2023
London

Shows will go on: West End strike risk lifted after pay deal

A pay rise was backed by cast members in sell out shows including Frozen, Moulin Rouge and Cabaret

May 26, 2023
UK

West End tributes for Tina Turner as fans hail ‘electric’ musical show

Fans laid flowers outside the venue showing the musical based on her extraordinary life

May 25, 2023
UK

Ian McEwan: ‘Cool, tender and sweet Martin Amis was in another world’

Ian McEwan has paid tribute to fellow author Martin Amis, who died from cancer of the oesophagus at his home in Florida at the weekend

May 22, 2023
London

Next generation of top designers on show at new ‘East Bank’ hub

London College of Fashion will be the first major institution to open in the new cultural hub in Stratford

May 11, 2023
UK

Princess Beatrice announces winner of Oscar’s Book Prize 2023

The award was set up by Viveka Alvestrand and her husband James Ashton to ‘encourage parents to take time to share books with their young children’

May 10, 2023
UK

King’s Coronation Concert: The lowdown on star-studded show at Windsor

Katy Perry, Take That, Paloma Faith and Lionel Ritchie are among the performers at concert to be watched by millions around the world

May 5, 2023
UK

Roman ruins in London get listed status

Three sections of Roman wall in City of London given protected status

May 3, 2023
Culture

Mudlarking Festival to mark museum’s anniversary in east London

Mudlarking – or scavenging for treasure washed up by the river – has a long history in the city

Apr 28, 2023