More than 2,200 people have voted in a competition held by the British Museum to find a stunt double for artist Grayson Perry's childhood teddy bear Alan Measles... more
Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry turns cultural explorer to scavenge the stores of the British Museum for a new exhibition that will open this autumn... more
Labour is planning to ditch its support for a third runway at Heathrow. Maria Eagle, the shadow Transport Secretary, says: "Ed Miliband has always been clear that he is sceptical about a third runway at Heathrow." Hmmm...... more
Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry is to make a pilgrimage with his childhood teddy bear Alan Measles on this custom-made motorbike built to his own design... more
A sorting office transformed into a Narnia forest, with absinthe dens and a Donna Summer disco, raised the bar for London parties, says Vassi Chamberlain.... more
Artists including Antony Gormley, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Marc Quinn and Peter Blake have personalised vases as a fundraising venture for the ICA... more
The Victoria & Albert Museum’s first exhibition of quilts is proving the quirkiest hit of recent years with advance sales higher than for shows on the Baroque, Indian maharajas and The Supremes.... more
Van Gogh's letters, Grayson Perry's pots, a scholarly study of Caravaggio and a glimpse into the world of the insane Henry Darger - just a few of the treats guaranteed to give pleasure this Christmas... more
Last week a report claimed that nearly 1 million under-25s were on the dole. But in the capital, bright young businesses are springing up like green shoots. Andy Barker meets the Dragons of the future...... more
One of London's most traditional department stores has swapped floral prints for hand grenades after going into partnership with a transvestite potter... more
A witty and nerdy exhibition of satirical medals from forgotten 18th and 19th-century master-craftsmen and from contemporary artists opens at the British Museum ... more
London has recently underlined its status as the global capital of contemporary art. These are the key players in the world’s most exciting market. ... more
The BBC has been accused of turning Question Time time into a 'pantomime' after artist Grayson Perry answered political questions alongside host David Dimbleby.... more
The shortlisted entries from the annual Koestler Awards scheme offers privileged access to the invisible subconscious life of more than 200 prisoners and people confined in other institutions.... more
Soulwax take over Fabric, Isabelle Huppert gets her own season at the NFT and Will Self and Grayson Perry will be popping down to Late At Tate Britain. ... more
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