Sad battle over Beaverbrook's art legacy

What would the first Lord Beaverbrook make of the battle between his grandsons and the good folk of the Canadian city of Fredericton, New Brunswick? The dispute over the ownership of paintings worth about £50m is detailed in a book, Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy, by journalist Jacques Poitras. It's a riveting, and somewhat sad, tale of a community's evolution from deference to defiance as it attempts to hold on to the old rogue's magnificent legacy. "His actions left this terrible mess... that has ended up destroying the relationship between his family and the gallery," says Poitras. (Via Topix/Canadian Press)