'Why do you keep doing this?': Rubens frontman finds calm in Group Therapy Sam Margin has cut back the booze and The Rubens have never sounded better. Newcastle Herald · Sep 4
We’re going to party like it’s 1629… the masques, the music and the mayhem of Banqueting House What music soundtracked 17th-century England? Ahead of a DJ set in Banqueting House, Georgia Mann looks at the wild, the experimental, the melancholic – and why a theorbo caused a security alert The Guardian - UK · Aug 13
From the Crucifixion to pop art: how humanity has painted solar eclipses Nebra sky disc, Rubens, Ribera, Howard Russell Butler and Roy Lichtenstein's pop art all show solar eclipses in painting, between religion, science and aesthetic fascination over millennia. Euronews · Aug 6
First look at Buckingham Palace Picture Gallery's 'once-in-a-generation' revamp The number of paintings on display has almost doubled to 120 ahead of the summer opening Evening Standard · Jul 7
Fancy a European art break with fewer crowds? Try one of these five cities Forget queuing at the Louvre or the Uffizi. You’ll find a fresh perspective on everything from medieval to modern art in places like Lille, Verona and Zurich The Guardian - UK · May 26
6 ways to learn essential creative skills, inspired by the Masters What Warhol, the Bauhaus and Paul Rand can teach us about thriving in the AI era. Creative Bloq · May 18
Forget Paris: Five overlooked French cities you can reach by high-speed train (from just $13) While Paris steals an understandably large portion of the limelight, US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill reveals other French treasures that make for captivating vacation destinations The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025
Plasticine men and giant goddess women: why Ken Kiff’s brilliant, bizarre art is getting a second look A new exhibition celebrates the British painter, who was overlooked in the brash 90s, but now whose idiosyncratic work as artist in residence at the National Gallery is being newly celebrated The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2025
Jubilant Brazilians hail I’m Still Here’s Oscar as landmark in fight for justice Walter Salles’s dictatorship-era movie turns focus on dark time in country’s history and more recent coup attempt The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2025
Fernanda Torres is masterful in the poignant, Oscar-nominated I’m Still Here 4/5 This sensational true-life tale from director Walter Salles depicts the abduction of a congressman in military-occupied Brazil in 1970 – and fully deserves its three Oscar nods The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2025
I’m Still Here review – Fernanda Torres’s stoic maternal mask never slips Emotions hide beneath the surface and horrors lurk behind unseen doors in Walter Salles’s Oscar-nominated tale of the Brazilian disappeared The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2025
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael review – bitchy Da Vinci conquers the army of gnarly nudes The battle scenes at the centre of this somewhat academic exhibition ring with unforgettable violence – as Leonardo’s howling warrior prepares to sever an enemy’s hand The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024
‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum Irish novelist John Banville has enjoyed unlimited access to Spain's Prado Museum for the past month as its latest writer-in-residence The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2024
Francis Bacon gets personal, the poetry of decay and a sensory wonderland arrives – the week in art The modern master’s portraits take the genre apart, Mire Lee explores entropy in the Turbine Hall and Haegue Yang enlivens multiple media The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023 The best art and architecture of 2023 Our critics’ high points include a ceramic wedding cake you can climb inside to Alice Neel’s fearless portraits, plus a new children’s V&A and a school with lumpy yellow walls
Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2023 Rubens and Women at Dulwich Picture Gallery review: a fresh look at breathtaking beauty From his depictions of powerful women of the time to religious work featuring Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary, this show is just heavenly
Newcastle Herald · Jun 24, 2023 Cambridge farewell party kicks into overdrive "It's not a funeral, it's a wake."
The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023 Natural Light by Julian Bell review – the forgotten German artist who inspired Rembrandt and Rubens This engrossing history explains why the extraordinary – and tiny – paintings of Adam Elsheimer, who died in poverty in 1610 aged only 32, were revolutionary
The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2022 A local’s guide to Antwerp, Belgium: high art, gritty graffiti and great coffee From Rubens and van Eyck to cutting edge street murals and fashion, art is at the heart of the Flemish city, says local guide Tim Marschang. The beer and cocktails are decent too
The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022 The best hotels near Buckingham Palace A range of stays for those planning a visit to the capital to pay their respects
The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022 The best hotels near Buckingham Palace A range of stays for those planning a visit to the capital to pay their respects
The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022 Rubens' 'Portrait of a Lady' sells for $3.4 million Peter Paul Rubens’ 17th century masterpiece “Portrait of a Lady” has sold for the equivalent of $3.4 million at a Warsaw auction, becoming the most expensive artwork ever bought on the Polish art market, the auction house said
ABC News · Jan 31, 2022 Why The Rubens lead singer Sam Margin was forced to turn to charity during the pandemic Sam Margin is used to performing in front of thousands of people as lead singer of The Rubens, but when COVID-19 meant that stopped, his finances quickly dried up too.