Expert finds SA painting valued at £1m in London kitchen
An art expert discovered the Irma Stern painting, once sold to help fund Nelson Mandela’s legal defence, being used as a noticeboard in a London flat.
Maev Kennedy
Game of Thrones author gives fans the finger
Fans of George RR Martin’s books want to know if he’ll live long enough to give them an end to the series, a question he finds pretty offensive.
Exploding supernovas of passion: the bad sex awards
Mathematics professor scoops bad sex award with "quirky" and "wildly experimental" scenes of lust.
Silk cape out of spider’s web
It has taken eight years and more than one million Madagascar golden orb spiders to create a work of art.
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‘Tough’ Giffords back at scene of shooting
The survivor of a shooting, US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords returns to the scene of the crime a year after 19 people were gunned down in Arizona.
Making a wordy living
Kelly, a local government finance adviser becomes Britain’s national Scrabble champion.
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Host of Christmas past
In true Dickensian style, a magnificent gift has arrived at the doorstep of Charles Dickens’s only surviving London home.
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Bone to pick with sensitive museums
Museums are increasingly getting cold feet about exhibiting human bodies and body parts, despite surveys showing great public interest.
An exhibition of fakes and mistakes
The National Gallery in London’s Trafalgar Square is about to open its worst exhibition ever.
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Art of non-art
The world’s most prestigious art prize has gone to a political artist who created a video of George W Bush’s ranch, writes Maev Kennedy.
