Farewell to the extraordinary Françoise Gilot. My piece, from 2019 newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…

I've asked an AI to generate a trailer for a HEIDI movie and now I can never sleep again

What if Moby turned up to the Oscars with Christopher Nolan's hair and refused to admit he used to be bald. Is there a plan in place for that?

💥 "You get the good, the bad and the ugly." Françoise Gilot's 1964 bestselling book about her time living with Pablo Picasso caused outrage among some of his circle. Watch Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast on BBC iPlayer.

Close to Vermeer follows the painstaking work that went into creating the largest ever exhibition of the Dutch master's work. 📺 Watch the fascinating documentary right now on BBC iPlayer.

#VIDEO: ‘DCU is a fantastic University, doing great things, great strategy, great engagements, great support of students. I really appreciate this honour.,’ said leading businessman and #DCUHonorary recipient Dr Terence O'Rourke Terence O'Rourke at his conferring last month

‘Body Politic’ tracks the progress of renowned British sculptor #AntonyGormley as he prepares for his major solo exhibition of the same name at #WhiteCube Bermondsey (on view until 28 January 2024). Across five discrete bodies of work, the exhibition investigates our species’

Antony Gormley's 'Body Politic' is at White Cube Bermondsey until 28 January. Further information & the link to a film collaboration with John O'Rourke offering a glimpse into the artist's processes, is available after the text. Click through to read: recessed.space/00159-Antony-G…

Parcel delivery firm DPD have replaced their customer service chat with an AI robot thing. It’s utterly useless at answering any queries, and when asked, it happily produced a poem about how terrible they are as a company. It also swore at me. 😂

Guys you have to do this. Take a friend like John O'Rourke . Treat your feet!

This week, my wife and I are celebrating our anniversary. My parents ordered us a very practical, thoughtful gift on Amazon: a crockpot and a crockpot cookbook. We're thrilled. There's just one minor issue: I'm pretty sure the cookbook was written by an AI... 🧵

"If you were a booker prize judge you have read more books than most people have read in their lifetime" -John O'Rourke John O'Rourke #bookerprize

Sir David Attenborough as Easter Eggs. A thread.

At 8pm Wed 24th July skyarts Art Matters by Melvyn Bragg directed by John O'Rourke. Interviewees are Sir Lenny Henry, Antony Gormley, Tracey Emin, Armando Iannucci, Maxine Peake, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and me. #WhatNoTXCard #oxfordfilms #artmatters #skyarts tv24.co.uk/b/sh5640-j87

If it were not imagined It could not be made Thus imagination Must not be afraid #artmatters 8pm #skyarts #MelvynBragg

Melvyn Bragg delivered a moving call to arms on the arts this week in a programme that was part manifesto, part testimonial. Like a bowler getting his cap and sweater for the last time #ArtMatters thetimes.com/article/b190c7…

"Las Meninas" is one of the most revolutionary (and mysterious) paintings in history. At first glance it might not be obvious why. But when you notice its little details, everything unravels… (thread) 🧵

no one has ever topped Heaney’s ‘So.’ — that full stop at the end somehow screams PERIODT like it’s aware of the matchless feat it’s achieved in one word *and* initiates 3,000 lines of some of the best verse available in the English language

A profile of Belfast-born actor Stephen Rea as he rehearses Samuel Beckett's play Krapp's Last Tape in Dublin. Stephen Rea: The Fire In Me Now | Tonight at 10.15pm