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OPINION - Rachel Johnson: Should we charge for London's museums? Yes, but only in this way

Every Sunday I take the Tube to my office in Leicester Square, exit via the Big Issue seller on Charing Cross Road, dive right into the square, where it’s so jam-packed with people eating take-out I can’t see the queue for Magic Mike or the busker standing at a mic,…

Evening Standard

National Portrait Gallery reveals shortlist for global painting prize

Three works selected from 1,647 entries across 62 countries, with 50 selected for final display

The Guardian - UK

Local Television Prepares For Total Solar Eclipse Coverage

An expected crush of cell traffic may strain wireless networks, but stations are prepared

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Nicholas Cullinan: energetic leader tasked with British Museum overhaul

After overseeing a transformation of the National Portrait Gallery he will need to draw on that experience in his new role

The Guardian - UK

Doubling rail track in 46-km Thuravur-Ambalappuzha corridor gets an extra push

Railway to double 46-km Thuravur-Ambalapuzha corridor. Railway Board to approve project in Oct, estimate in Dec. Doubling of track to reduce travel time, benefit Kerala's economy. Land acquisition to be completed by 2024, doubling by 2026.

The Hindu

Rupert Murdoch and the rise and fall of the press barons: how much power do newspapers still have?

Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has announced his retirement as chairman of Fox and News Corp, making way for his son Lachlan. He has been demonised as a puppet master who would pull the strings of politicians behind the scenes, as a man with too much power. But what influence…

The Conversation

The National Portrait Gallery’s new restaurant is a fabulous upgrade

Snail bolognese and goat’s milk ice cream pep up Richard Corrigan’s upmarket brasserie menu at The National Portrait Gallery, writes Lucy Thackray

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Yevonde: Life and Colour exhibition reopens the National Portrait Gallery in style

A long-overdue exhibition of the work of photographer Yevonde Middleton (1893-1975) has opened at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), London. Yevonde: Life and Colour is the first major exhibition since the gallery reopened its doors, following a three-year refurbishment.

The Conversation

National Portrait Gallery reopening review – a magnificent reinvention

After three years, the gallery opens its (new) doors to reveal a brilliant transformation that includes a luminous show on a British pioneer of colour photography

The Guardian - UK

Princess Kate Adorably Helped a Little Girl With Arts and Crafts During Her Latest Royal Engagement

So wholesome.

Marie Claire

The new National Portrait Gallery review – ‘It’s the same old cocktail party’

We’re told it has been changed utterly. As if. The NPG makes a claim to be a serious temple of art – but its dismal subservience to celebrity persists

The Guardian - UK

The new National Portrait Gallery review – more democratic and diverse, it has never looked better

At last the gallery is worthy of its magnificent collection

Evening Standard

The National Portrait Gallery: ‘if your collection only represents a fraction of Britain, that’s a problem’

The gallery’s director Nicholas Cullinan and Chanel Curator of Collections Flavia Frigeri on why reopening the new look NPG was always about representing the UK as it is today

Evening Standard

The 'unapologetically Northern' clothing brand that's become a hit for its 'mint' slogan tees

“People from the North are just one of a kind,"

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The Guardian - UK

Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Omai acquired by National Portrait Gallery

Painting, renamed Portrait of Mai, will remain on public display after being jointly acquired with Getty Museum

The Guardian - UK

Masterpieces and margaritas: National Portrait Gallery to open new bar as part of revamp

London gallery will be latest institution to offer after-hours events when it reopens in June after a £35m refurbishment

The Guardian - UK

Tapestry celebrating refuse collectors to go on show in National Portrait Gallery

Michael Armitage’s work will hang alongside high-profile figures in new gallery when NPG reopens in June

The Independent UK

National Portrait Gallery unveils plan to share historic £50m painting between two countries

The historic masterpiece is one of the earliest great portraits of a person of colour

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The Independent UK

Could the Getty museum save the £50m Portrait of Omai at 11th hour?

Exclusive: There are just 24 hours to hammer out a deal if the historic painting is to be saved for Britain

The Guardian - UK

National Portrait Gallery to display mural of 130 women from British history

Artwork depicting female figures – some never before represented at the gallery – inspired by Sgt Pepper’s album cover

Financial Times

Joshua Reynolds’ ‘Portrait of Omai’ is a national treasure. Why is Britain struggling to keep it?

The fight to save the iconic work reflects a painful truth about the UK’s financial state

The Independent UK

Race to save £50m Reynolds painting showing early portrait of person of colour

Exclusive: There are just two weeks to save the £50m 18th-century Joshua Reynolds painting – one of the earliest portraits of a person of colour – or it could be lost to a foreign buyer

The Guardian - UK

‘Lost’ photos by Paul McCartney to go on show at National Portrait Gallery

Recently rediscovered portraits taken in 60s as Beatles rose to stardom to be focus of exhibition at refurbished NPG

The Hindu

Infra projects of ₹500 crore and more to route through PM GatiShakti's NPG

The PM GatiShakti plan was announced last year with an aim to break departmental silos and bring in more holistic and integrated planning and execution of projects

Liverpool Echo

Anger over property developer's Dubai selfie in luxury car

Investors say failed schemes linked to Peter McInnes cost them millions

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