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The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker review – an artist in the family

An eccentric uncle turns out to be a joyous chronicler of working class life in this affectionate and beautifully-written story of outsider art

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025

The Secret Painter by Joe Tucker review – art for art’s sake

This beautifully written tribute to the author’s uncle Eric, whose death revealed hundreds of hidden paintings, serves as a northern corrective to the metropolitan art world

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2025

‘Secret Lowry’: the ex-gravedigger who painted northern life, from factory to fuggy pub

He repaired his car with Sellotape and kept his trousers up with rope. But Eric Tucker had a hidden life – painting drinkers, smokers and factory-workers without saccharine or sentiment. Now a book celebrates his extraordinary life

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025

Trump ally to appear before NYC grand jury eyeing charges

A lawyer allied with Donald Trump is expected to testify before a New York grand jury on Monday

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

US: Ex-FBI counterintelligence agent aided Russian oligarch

A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has been indicted on charges he helped a Russian oligarch, in violation of U.S. sanctions

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Council flat of undiscovered artist dubbed 'next Lowry' recreated in stunning replica

Eric Tucker remained undiscovered until after his death, when stashes of incredible paintings likened to L.S. Lowry's work were found in his London home and makeshift bomb shelter

Daily Mirror · Dec 21, 2022

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The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

Front room of prolific pub-scene painter recreated for Mayfair exhibition

Eric Tucker, self-taught and virtually unknown until his death in 2018, has since been compared to LS Lowry

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022

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The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022

Did Trump break the law? FBI search raises fresh questions

Whether an FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence is a prelude to criminal charges is unknown — especially unclear since other investigations into mishandling of classified information have ended without prosecution or in misdemeanor plea deals

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022