Image fees - EXCELLENT news: the National Galleries of Scotland no longer claim copyright in digital images of historic artworks. These high-res images are therefore now in the public domain, and free to use. 🧵

Cost of compulsory national service: £2.5bn a year.

Cost of pay rise for junior doctors that ministers insist is “simply unaffordable”: £2bn a year.

Good morning art lovers. Today in the Sunday Times I write about the Judy Chicago show at the Serpentine. Chicago hates men. We pick our noses, micturate all over the landscape and kill polar bears. It’s a fascinating show driven by big dollops of scriptural rage. Bring a Bible.

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Two of Waldy's Art Mysteries films were repeated last night on Sky Arts (Thurs May 23), and should still be available on catch-up.
They were 1) Mona Lisa, and 2) Mr and Mrs Andrews (Gainsborough).

I remember when it was 0%!

Contemporary Art represents 17% of the art market, compared with 16% in 2022 and only 3% in 2000 #ContemporaryArt #ArtMarket $PRC #ARTPRICE
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Bendy! The casino slayer!

And then Gordon Brown later dropped even that too. I can't think of a way Britain would have been better off with eight mega casinos built in poorer regions, just after the financial crash. I played a role in stopping that, and I'm still glad about it.

Friday after the end of a long week. Here’s my theatre column that looks calmly at #WithnailandI The Rep and #BetweenRiversideandCrazy Hampstead Theatre

Yup! 👇

WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK It’s absolutely essential listening and Andrew puts so much work into it.

WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK Yes! Absolutely brilliant podcast and completely addictive. If you love music it’s fabulously enjoyable, Andrew Hickey is a true wonder.

This stuff👇 is close to my heart!

WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK Important local issues being tackled by Matt Rodda

'The Humours of an Election' by Hogarth. New Tory MP being chaired through the streets. I love the pigs chasing over the bridge. The original is in the Sir John Soane Museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Tony Blair and Kevin Keegan head a football to each other during leisure centre visit in Brighton (1995)

In case North Somerset voters need reminding!

MUSIC NERDS. Do you know this podcast? 500songs.com I've been listening for the past month and am now addicted. Incredible depth, facts, influences, knowledge. And what a feat of stamina. Genuinely - one of the best podcasts ever!

You should have seen the size of the pigeon!

😀I love the idea of Forage selflessly deciding not to stand and helping the Americans with their election instead! What a bed stain he is.