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Between February and June 1999, famed art forger John Myatt was in jail. He was there for what Scotland Yard described as “the biggest art fraud of the 20th century.” Myatt’s fakes of famous paintings by masters like Van Gogh and Matisse had sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds at auction, fooling the seasoned experts at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s. When he was discovered to be a forger, the police pulled no punches, raiding his house and putting him...

Leeds-based five-piece Vessels have shared their hypnotic new single ‘Radiart’, the first cut to be taken from a new album to be released later this year. The track signals the direction of the new material - muscular, vibrant and euphoric. Take a listen below: ‘Radiart’ is Vessels’ first release of 2017 and follows their celebrated 2015 album Dilate, a record firmly focussed on the dancefloor. Formed in 2005, Vessels have released four wide-ranging albums, drawing comparisons with everyone from Jon...

Brush up on your horse impression kids; Joan of Arc has come to town. Oh Joany Joan Joan. Joany McJoaningtons. I've been trying to work out how to review this show for almost a week, although I admittedly took four days off over Easter to stare into space, take a long hard look at my life, and subsequently binge-listen to Serial (I know, very 2014). Very unprofessional delay. Won't happen again. I try to write reviews that are informative, hopefully...

In December 2016 Enemies released their third and final album entitled Valuables via Topshelf Records. Valuables documents a turbulent time for the band — intensive writing, recording and touring, coupled with a lack of shared vision, led to a decision that harmony in ending is ultimately more valuable than discord in continuing. Today the band have premiered a poignant mini-documentary with Upset, which was filmed at their last ever show in December. Speaking about the video the band said, "It's been four months since the night we...

Once upon a time I was a ten year old boy, one who had already developed a two-way communication with the bulky and sculpted wood furniture in the corner of the living room that contained the tubes and wires, cords and dials of the television innards. Yes, I actually did hide behind the blue velvet couch when William Hartnell's Doctor Who first confronted a Dalek; I also hid on the staircase when the theme music of Dick Tracy started as...

Watch stunning sand sculptures on show at the Weston-Super-Mare Sand Sculpture Festival, where artists from all over the world come to create themed sculptures, with this year being "Topsy-Turvy". The art on show is fantastic and it is hard to imagine how they are made, using only sand. So what exactly does Topsy Turvy entail? Upside down, back to front, the wrong way around and inside out! A crazy world of the distorted and the extraordinary. See the world through...

British photographer Daniel Freeman is set to host an exclusive American themed installation in Chiswick restaurant Outsider Tart this summer. The show, called American Nightscapes: a Small Town Portrait in Photography & Food, is Freeman's first solo show in the UK and will precede plans to stage an exhibition of his work in the USA and a second roadtrip to Navigate Trump’s America. Freeman made the ultimate road trip across America to follow in the footsteps of photographers such as Stephen Shore, William Eggleston...

The 4th band line-up announcement for 2000trees Festival has been announced and continues the festival's trend of variety and left-field picks. The latest bands announced late last week were: DEAF HAVANA SPRING KING DAVE HAUSE & THE MERMAID OATHBREAKER MILK TEETH SVALBARD EMPLOYED TO SERVE YOUNG LEGIONNAIRE THE DIRTY NIL LEMURIA FREEZE THE ATLANTIC and THE WINTER PASSING From festival organiser, James Scarlett: “Deaf Havana enjoyed headlining 2000trees so much in 2015 that we’ve all been trying hard to work out...

There are few dimmer endorsements to be made of the human psyche when we consider the historical figures chosen for repeated examination and thus de facto celebration in biographies, novels, films, plays, and multi-part BBC series. By and large we are drawn to the Bad Guys. Send armies into battle for slaughter, execute the enemies, live in appalling decadence, and abuse women; do any of those in combination with one or two others and your name will live forever. Hitler...