Remembering sculptor Armand LaMontagne, ‘our enduring star’ whose wooden sculpture work commemorated Boston’s sporting greats
LaMontagne carved life-size wooden sculptures of, among others, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams (twice), Larry Bird, Bobby Orr, Carl ...
A mummy’s tale from Cork to Cairo: ‘It’s like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. His body represents us all’
A new book by the artist Dorothy Cross tells the remarkable story of Cecil, UCC’s Egyptian mummy, and his return home ...
Hyndburn funeral and death notices for special people we'll never forget
A Requiem Mass will be celebrated at Holy Souls Church, Whalley New Road, Blackburn, at 10.30am, on Thursday, March 27, ...
16 Books We Read This Week
The mystery of cryptocurrency’s inventor, conformity by decree in China, Edgar Allan Poe’s turbulent genius and more.
A series that’s got parliament talking and an artist who influenced the civil service – what you should watch, see and play this week
This week we recommend a series about the dangers of the manosphere, an exhibition in Oxford, a play in Bristol, a historical game and a record-breaking animated film.
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Queer Art and the Immaterial Griefs of the AIDS Crisis
Instead of capturing the act of losing something, artists like Peter Hujar and Hamad Butt show us what’s been lost.