The lives and loves of the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum are elegantly displayed in this moving collection of artefacts and frescos - the first such major exhibition to be held in London for almost 40 years. As we enter the ancients’ world, we enter their homes. The circular reading room at the British Museum has been cleverly partitioned to give the experience of walking through a typical aspirational ...

Carne Griffiths' fascinating style is the product of a classical training followed by the twelve years he spent working at the longest-established gold wire embroidery firm in the world. There, after graduating from Maidstone college in 1995, he worked his way up from apprentice to chief creative director and his work was featured on catwalk collections for famous couturiers and theatre designers. But then ...

This is not a UFO, but a beautiful breast-shaped Beacon that will light up for a brief moment on a hill outside Bath next March to give courage and kinship to those affected by breast cancer. The 'Beacon on the Hill' light show will be captured by a series of images, ensuring that it will continue to be a symbol of hope and unity long after the lights are turned out. Thanks to this computer generated image, ...

David Hensel spoke to us about his art, megalomania and an obsession with trying to find out how things work. 'I wasn't supposed to be an artist. I was supposed to be a doctor like the rest of my family.' But after a restless period at medical school, David Hensel decided to concentrate on his art, and has been producing paintings, fine sculptures and jewellery as a matter of obsession for 30 years since th ...

.....I've got a Great Idea. And the installation artist Richard Wilson had this groovy notion.  He is famous for Room Filled with Sump Oil and likes to do things on a grand scale. This iconic image from The Italian Job will be hanging on to its cliff edge all summer in Bexhill to celebrate the edges of the De La Warr Pavilion. And it rocks! The bus that is. Rather slowly but most definitely. [video id="NxQD ...