From Frida Kahlo to Folkestone Triennial, Ben Luke takes a tour of the best outside-London exhibitions for a cultural day trip this bank holiday
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The pecking order was all in the arrival time. First the general guests were seated by ushers. Soon after a brace of Palmer Tomkinsons arrived on 7ins heels, chatting to Rowan Atkinson... more
Visitors to Tate Britain will be able for the first time to walk through a chronological history of 20th-century British art, from Walter Sickert to Damien Hirst... more
Peckham: the land of no opportunity but lashings of crack and crime. A violence-ridden ghetto where “hoodies” lurk in alleyways with their salivating bull terriers. A place where the moneyed only venture if they get lost on their way to Dulwich... more
Hero of the Sixties counter-culture Michael Horovitz tells Tim Willis why it would take uncommon sense for him to be appointed Oxford professor of Poetry on Friday.... more
Charles Saatchi performs a vital service in gathering the latest generation of British artists — and three of them are even worth a second look... more
He was the poet laureate whose harsh, dark evocations of nature made him a staple of the school curriculum even as his doomed marriage to fellow writer Sylvia Plath made him a hate figure for extreme feminists... more
In Jez Butterworth's energetic new play, Jerusalem, William Blake's vision of “England’s green and pleasant land” is transmuted into a fiesta of misrule. ... more
It is exactly a week since the ridiculous mass hysteria first erupted over the death of MJ (as he is now being called). For seven days the nation has been deluged with little else but the ceaseless outpourings of grief... more
From Seamus Heaney's Underground underworld to Andrew Motion's Thames trek, London is a poet's playground. Adam O'Riordan explores the capital's text appeal... more
A painting which sparked a row between William Blake and his publisher is to go on display in a re-creation of the only solo show the artist had in his lifetime... more
The art market may be reeling in the face of recession but there will still be plenty of exciting shows this year. Ben Lewis rounds up the best.... more
Great Queen Street offers the best food, the best value and the best service. Book a table there before it becomes the hottest place in town, says Mark Bolland.... more
The success of Antony Gormley is one of the great unsolved mysteries of our times, and his new exhibition doesn't shed any fresh light on this riddle.... more
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