The Tories’ evisceration of Sure Start should be a national scandal theneweuropean.co.uk/the-tories-evi…

My nephew writes a cracking complaint

And here is the restored ornemental cross, only piece of #NotreDame’s roof that survived the fire, ready to travel from Normandy to Paris and be fixed on the apse!

Thames & Hudson celebrates 75 years of publishing excellence with a year-long programme highlighting its innovative art books and famous collaborations, including the best-selling 'The Book of Kells.' Thames & Hudson ow.ly/mPhj50Rzhj1

The North American color cat is out of the bag. 🎨 🎨 🎨 #artistspalettes #TheArtistsPalette #colour #color #colourhistory #colorhistory Princeton University Press

I wrote about art book publisher extraordinaire Thames & Hudson The Art Newspaper celebrating 75 years this month and still resolutely independent

#NowYouSeeUs Tate Britain is a solid lesson in why we should be v suspicious of institutional rulemaking, the lengths they went to to keep women out is frankly staggering! The i Paper inews.co.uk/culture/arts/n…

my favorite sister michael quotes from derry girls, a thread:

Are you a young classicist? This event is especially for you! It's online and organised by The Chorus, a Classics for All network for 16-25 year-olds. It's online so you can tune in wherever you are. Please just sign up here classicsforall.tfaforms.net/5090212?EID=70… Classics for All

La Rondine, with the Cluj-Napoca Opera at the Bucharest Opera Festival: my review Opera Now magazine. Such an under-rated piece, in need of more stagings as fine as this one. gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/revi…

Don't miss Roger Mayne The Courtauld: a very special photography exhibition so carefully and lovingly curated, full of nuance and joy, and also a chance to see a real craftsman of the darkroom at work. Here's my five star review The i Paper inews.co.uk/culture/arts/r…

I've been writing about photography a lot recently, and was lucky enough to see #MASILugano's marvellous exhibition Eye to Eye: Homage to Ernst #Scheidegger for @TheNewEuropean. Always worth buying a copy, but this piece looks especially gorgeous in print theneweuropean.co.uk/ernst-scheideg…

★★★★★ Roger Mayne, Youth: Inside the freedom of postwar childhood 🖋 Florence Hallett trib.al/n8OY6H7

The Dutch painter and agent provocateur #JacquelinedeJong died on 29 June aged 85. Her interview for The New European: UK’s fastest growing media title was a dream - and it may well have been the last she gave. It's a great read - thanks Jacqueline, RIP x theneweuropean.co.uk/the-last-testa…

thought I’d share this golden clip while everyone is aimlessly waiting

★★★★ Barbie: The Exhibition, Design Museum review: I was sceptical – but I was wrong 🖋️ Florence Hallett trib.al/XWEen0b

How did Henry Moore go from professional to household name? Join us on The Sculpture Vulture Podcast with the former Director of The Henry Moore Foundation, Richard Calvocoressi, and find out more about Moore. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sculp…

★★★★ Leonora Carrington: The female surrealist Britain never understood 🖋 Florence Hallett trib.al/ADvGrry

Bombed, suppressed, destroyed… but the work of Ukrainian artists goes on, writes Florence Hallett theneweuropean.co.uk/the-art-of-sur…

Romany Mark Bruce, sculptor of The Brighton and Hove AIDS Memorial, discusses how he went from a successful career in law to a life of colour and sculpture. Did fate play a role? Find out in today’s discussion. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/scu…