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Iconic review – Bardot, Bacon and the Beatles bestride the plastic fantastic age

This compact yet brilliant show looks at how painters responded to the subjugation of real life in the 1960s media age, with its explosion of photos, film and mass reproduction

The Guardian - UK

‘Politicians? They’re mugs, all of them’: Paul Weller on music, style and the state of the nation

At 66, the Modfather may have mellowed, but he’s lost none of his cool. Paul Weller reveals how he beat his demons, found a new sound – and why he’s still angry with the establishment

The Guardian - UK

“Brian May did an entire section, about a dozen guitar harmonies:” Mark Knopfler’s all-star Guitar Heroes charity single, Going Home, is released – but who played what?

Featuring over 50 A-list guitarists, the expanded Local Hero theme opens with Jeff Beck's final solo, has Joan Armatrading rocking on electric and May going harmony mad to raise money for teen cancer charities

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Pop art pioneer Peter Blake: ‘I wasn’t really a swinger. I never did any drugs’

The pop art pioneer on not being taken seriously, his first solo sculpture show, and why his Beatles’ Sgt Pepper cover has been a mixed blessing

The Guardian - UK

‘I was awed’: Pauline Caulfield on her glittering life with Patrick and his painter pals – then going back to art after he left

She was one of the Royal College of Art’s brightest stars. But one week after graduating, she got married and gave up art for raising children. Now, at the age 80, she is revisiting her bold degree show work in a beguiling Edinburgh exhibition

The Guardian - UK

Peter Blake’s sculptures spark joy at Waddington Custot in London

‘Peter Blake: Sculpture and Other Matters’, at London's Waddington Custot, spans six decades of the artist's career

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“Eric came in, played great, just one tasty lick after another. Jeff Beck’s contribution was spellbinding”: Mark Knopfler enlists Clapton, Townshend, Iommi, Slash and dozens more for all-star charity single

Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes raise funds for teenage cancer charities with an epic version of his Local Hero theme, featuring Jeff Beck’s final recording, and over 50 guitar legends – including David Gilmour, Joan Armatrading and Brian May

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Standard's Beatles-inspired front page celebrates King's 75th birthday

Charles star of cover inspired by artwork for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Evening Standard

Joe Tilson obituary

Printmaker and sculptor who was a leading figure in the British pop art movement

The Guardian - UK

Georg Baselitz’s erotic prints and the world’s best photography portraits – the week in art

Plus, Peter Blake talks AI in art, a dynamic look for hospital architecture and a 450-year-old look at the birth of our galaxy

The Guardian - UK

‘A kind of magic’: Peter Blake says possibilities of AI are endless for art

Veteran pop artist excited by the medium after he uses it for ‘performance art installation’ in Hong Kong

The Guardian - UK

Artists Rob and Nick Carter: ‘If Warhol was alive he would definitely be using robots’

As they open their exhibition celebrating 25 years of working together, the couple talk about AI versus analogue, and that time Will Self frisbeed an artwork out the window of the Groucho Club

Evening Standard

Pop art fans put up their own blue plaque to pioneering painter after English Heritage snub

Devoted fans of a pioneering female pop artist are putting up their own blue plaque in her memory after being snubbed by English Heritage.

Evening Standard

World's best ferry routes including Scotland, Liverpool, New York and Venice

Going by ferry may not be the quickest way to travel, but often it offers some of the most breath taking views and is a great way to discover a new city

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Raoul Moat's long lost father fears new ITV show will 're-traumatise' grandchildren

Peter Blake, 81, has slammed the upcoming three-part series about his murderous son's killing spree in 2010, which ended with him shooting himself

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Who was Raoul Moat? The Newcastle killer who sparked dramatic manhunt that inspired ITV drama

As new ITV drama, The Hunt for Raoul Moat, lifts the lid on operation to catch infamous fugitive, we delve into the life of the Tyneside doorman who became Britain's most wanted

The Guardian - UK

Bypass threatens to destroy Cambridge farmland rich in wildlife

Coton Orchard can literally boast a partridge in a pear tree – but the idyll is threatened by a busway scheme, which campaigners say is totally unnecessary

Evening Standard

The Godfather of British Pop Art: Special concert in honour of Sir Peter Blake’s 90th birthday - date and line-up

The Godfather of British Pop Art is being honoured following his 90th birthday in June 2022.

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Town vs gown and car vs bike: row erupts over Cambridge congestion plan

Residents rally against scheme they believe will benefit only bicycling students and dons

Newcastle Herald

Buyers in limbo as unit developer goes into receivership

The receivers will put the land back on the market to pay off a financier.

Evening Standard

Tragic forgotten star of 1960s art scene finds new generation of fans

Hailed as a star of London’s swinging sixties art scene, Pauline Boty rubbed shoulders with Bob Dylan and Peter Blake before her death aged 28. Now a forthcoming film and a recent record-breaking sale suggests the tragic painter is finally getting the recognition she deserves

Birmingham Post

The latest appointments in Welsh business

New appointments include those at Shaw Healthcare, HMT Sancta Maria, Savills, Rio Architects, Brickabiliity, Intelligent Ultrasound and Hollingsworth Group

The Guardian - UK

‘Home for hell-raisers’: new owners of Groucho Club seek young blood

Private members’ club that takes pride in being a ‘hub for creatives’ to consider international expansion

Birmingham Post

The latest appointments and promotions in Welsh business

New roles at FinTech Wales, Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales, Kocho, Global Centre of Rail Excellence, Hollingsworth Group, Savills, and UKSE

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s everyone coming back together’: why 200,000 of us couldn’t wait to get back to Glastonbury

The festival’s return has filled a gaping hole in the British calendar. We soak up the atmosphere with the help of Jarvis Cocker, Self Esteem and Shaz from Shepton Mallet

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