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‘Secret Lowry’: the ex-gravedigger who painted northern life, from factory to fuggy pub

He repaired his car with Sellotape and kept his trousers up with rope. But Eric Tucker had a hidden life – painting drinkers, smokers and factory-workers without saccharine or sentiment. Now a book celebrates his extraordinary life

The Guardian - UK

Bach manuscript among items worth more than £45 million donated to UK museums

The acquisitions come as part of the acceptance in lieu and cultural gifts schemes.

Evening Standard

How artist L.S. Lowry became 2024's unexpected winter style pin up

‘Bleak weather inspires beautiful clothes’ — why the style set have fallen for L.S. Lowry this year

Evening Standard

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The new Lowry x Private White V.C menswear collection is cool but creepy

Is this the start of a worrying new trend?

Creative Bloq

Sefton Samuels obituary

Photojournalist who documented life in north-west England, with subjects ranging from LS Lowry and George Best to bingo players and coalminers

The Guardian - UK

‘It was magical’: hidden self-portrait by English artist Norman Cornish found at museum

Painting, concealed inside one of his well-known works, emerged during work for exhibition celebrating northern art

The Guardian - UK

Timothy Spall calls on next government not to treat arts as an economic ‘bloodsucker’

Harry Potter actor says ‘whoever takes over’ next should work on removing perception of arts as an ‘elitist’ field

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Next UK government must not treat arts as ‘bloodsucker’, says Timothy Spall

Actor calls on whoever wins on 4 July to recognise what the arts bring to society, as Salford’s Lowry theatre turns 25

The Guardian - UK

‘I put his matchstick men in the bin’: Lowry’s lost sketches go on display for first time

When on holiday in Berwick the artist often gave his work away. Now a new exhibition reveals the value of drawings that survived in a shoebox

The Guardian - UK

‘One of his finest’: LS Lowry seascape expected to sell for up to £1.5m

British artist’s 1947 painting Beach Scene, Lancashire to go to auction after 70 years in Canadian collection

The Guardian - UK

JW Anderson: ‘We’re too scared to be controversial now, someone like McQueen could not exist today’

Jonathan Anderson may be one of the world’s most remarkable fashion designers but his first love is art. Ahead of his new London exhibition, he tells Alexandra Jones why cancel culture scares him more than the cost of living crisis

Evening Standard

The Mancunian Way: Wood carving in Salford

Can a huge cash boost turn the ‘other city’ into an 'arts and culture hotspot' PLUS Crime crackdown on transport network

Manchester Evening News

Architect Norman Foster: ‘I suppose in another life it would have been exciting to fly fighters’

The designer of the Gherkin on collaborating with Steve Jobs, feeling positive about humanity’s future and the strong work ethic of the north

The Guardian - UK

Cobbled street in Greater Manchester is lined with gorgeous terraces - but not all is as it seems

You may have noticed a winding cobblestone road with old-style gas lamps and steps famously painted by L.S. Lowry in this town centre

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The Mancunian Way: Council skies

The charming Salford artist championed by LS Lowry PLUS What Liam thinks of AI Oasis AND Salford’s North-South divide

Manchester Evening News

'His light shone brightly for all to see and through the legacy of his art, it will never go out' - artist Harold Riley dies aged 88

"With an address book to rival any A-lister Harold treated everyone he met the same, with warmth, affection, and respect"

The Guardian - UK

The other royal collection: Windsors’ multimillion-pound private trove of art may include official gifts

Guardian identifies almost 400 artworks as being privately owned by family, including works by Dalí, Monet, Freud, Chagall and Lowry

Manchester Evening News

The mile-long stretch of the A6 that changed the world - and where it's going now

Chapel Street is changing - and this is where it's come from. The M.E.N's Ethan Davies looks a street of firsts as its transformation continues

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Lowry station painting set to depart to another owner - for £2m

"L.S. Lowry's works have enduring appeal"

Daily Mirror

Lost LS Lowry masterpiece worth £150,000 is uncovered after being hidden away for decades

Lowry built his reputation for his paintings of matchstick men figures and industrial landscapes, but he was also fascinated by portraits and surreal imaginings

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: ‘There but for the grace of God’

Asylum seekers arrive in Hale PLUS Town hall is all wrapped up

Manchester Evening News

Artist sought to create ‘prominent’ work for LS Lowry exhibition

Bolton Council are looking for a creative person to make a visual story map of the historic walk the artist used to do from his home in Salford to Bolton which inspired the famous 'Going to the Match' painting

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L.S Lowry sketch of Sunderland's Penshaw Monument expected to fetch up to £30,000 at auction

The pencil sketch, titled 'Penshaw Monument' by renowned artist, L.S. Lowry, will go up for auction in Newcastle in March

Manchester Evening News

Spies, Corn Flakes and the Three Lions: The King's day in Greater Manchester

It was a historic day as King Charles III made his visit to the region as monarch

Manchester Evening News

Boltonians brave the cold for historic visit of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla

The King and Queen Consort were visiting the town to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Bolton Town Hall

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