The Oasis sponsored London Fashion in Film Festival 2008, which is running till the end of May, comprises a series of films sharing the running theme of how fashion, costume and styling are used in film to add an air of chic decadence. The films will be screened at five major London arts venues, the [...]

The cross-dressing potter Grayson Perry has come up with a brilliant strategy for making his work look good. It’s such an obvious wheeze, I wonder why others haven’t employed it before. Asked by the Arts Council to select a show from the huge collection of modern British art it has built up, Perry has plumped [...]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has done it again. With 5.5m visitors in 2007, the north-west’s favourite stretch of coastline has held off strong challenges from the British Museum and the Tate Modern to claim the title of Britain’s Top Visitor Attraction. The league table, published last week by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), contains [...]