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British artist Emin lands prestigious teaching role
Dec 13, 2011 21:18 EST
Controversial British artist Tracey Emin is to become the new Professor of Drawing at London's prestigious Royal Academy, the country's oldest art school, reports said Wednesday.
Artist Tracey Emin lands prestigious teaching role
Dec 13, 2011 21:01 EST
Controversial artist Tracey Emin is to become the new Professor of Drawing at London's prestigious Royal Academy, the country's oldest art school, reports said Wednesday.
Britain unveils historic and hip government art
Jun 03, 2011 07:17 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - Lowry's lonely people, Tracey Emin's scrawlings and a mysterious portrait of Elizabeth I are just a few of the gems from the British government's art collection unveiled to the public for the first time this week.
Britain unveils historic and hip government art
Jun 03, 2011 07:16 EDT
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Lowry's lonely people, Tracey Emin's scrawlings and a mysterious portrait of Elizabeth I are just a few of the gems from the British government's art collection unveiled to the public for the first time this week.
'Pink Panther' director Blake Edwards dies
Dec 17, 2010 04:59 EST
Oscar-winning director Blake Edwards, who made the "Pink Panther" movies and the 1961 classic "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died at the age of 88, his agent said.
'Pink Panther' director Blake Edwards dies
Dec 16, 2010 16:55 EST
Oscar-winning director Blake Edwards, who made the "Pink Panther" movies and the 1961 classic "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died at the age of 88, his agent said Thursday.
Drummer says Jim Morrison never exposed himself
Dec 02, 2010 20:50 EST
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - On December 9, the Florida Clemency Board, on the urging of outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist and in its last meeting of the year, will consider pardoning Doors frontman Jim Morrison.
Home of British art undertakes $70 million overhaul
Dec 01, 2010 12:10 EST
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The national home of British art from the 16th century to the modern age has embarked on a major revamp of its galleries starting in 2011.
Wellies at the ready as Glastonbury Festival turns 40
Jun 22, 2010 12:10 EDT
Over 170,000 people are expected to attend Britain's famous Glastonbury festival this weekend as the world's largest open-air music and performing arts event celebrates its 40th anniversary.
Taiwan artist sees the world in a grain of sand
May 10, 2010 12:56 EDT
When Taiwanese artist Chen Forng-shean paints and carves, he needs to hold his breath and use a magnifying glass because of the materials he works with -- hair strands, ant abdomens and sesame seeds.
Britain's Tate unveils mislaid Blake etchings
Jan 11, 2010 12:09 EST
Britain's Tate Gallery unveiled Monday eight "powerful" etchings by 18th century writer and artist William Blake, which lay undiscovered for decades before turning up at a second-hand book sale.
T.S. Eliot voted Britain's favorite poet in BBC poll
Oct 08, 2009 13:23 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - T.S. Eliot has been voted Britain's favorite poet in an online BBC poll to mark National Poetry Day, the broadcaster said on Thursday.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Torbay, Britain
Aug 28, 2009 09:01 EDT
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - With recession-beating "staycations" in vogue in Britain, the Torbay area in Devon -- the self-styled "English Riviera" -- is enjoying a boom.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Torbay, Britain
Aug 28, 2009 08:38 EDT
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - With recession-beating "staycations" in vogue in Britain, the Torbay area in Devon -- the self-styled "English Riviera" -- is enjoying a boom.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Torbay, Britain
Aug 28, 2009 07:08 EDT
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - With recession-beating "staycations" in vogue in Britain, the Torbay area in Devon -- the self-styled "English Riviera" -- is enjoying a boom.
French snub British queen, then shrug off uproar
May 28, 2009 11:47 EDT
French shrug off flap over failure to invite Queen Elizabeth to D-Day ceremony. While Britons fumed over a perceived French snub of their queen, the French responded Thursday to the latest cross-Channel spat with a Gallic shrug.
Ancestry hunters' bonanza as London records go online
Mar 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Some 77 million documents dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries and including the ancestors of David Beckham and Britney Spears are to go online, under a service launched Thursday.
Ancestry hunters' bonanza as London records go online
Mar 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Some 77 million documents dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries and including the ancestors of David Beckham and Britney Spears are to go online, under a service launched Thursday.
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Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| William Blake | |
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 William Blake in an 1807 portrait by Thomas Phillips. | |
| Born | 28 November 1757 London, England |
| Died | 12 August 1827 (aged 69) London, England |
| Occupation | Poet, Painter, Printmaker, Editor |
| Genres | Visionary Poetry |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
| Notable work(s) | Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Four Zoas, Jerusalem, Milton a Poem |
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