4 h. ago Council under fire over snail art sculpture with residents asking 'how much did we pay for that?'

It's been unveiled at one of Greater Manchester's most popular parks

Events

31 h. ago Council bosses who accused man of trying to avoid care costs by gifting £70,000 to his children ordered to apologise and pay compensation

The father-of-two was told to pay for his own residential care after officials found he'd handed the money over, leaving him below the £23,250 threshold where he would have to pay for himself.

Economics

3 d. ago Middle England faces £250 council tax hikes as Labour presses on with Rayner's 'mega councils' plan despite her resignation

Research has found residents of local authorities with populations above half a million pay hundreds of pounds more a year for services.

Economics

6 d. ago After years of underrepresentation, new public sculptures show London is finally celebrating its daughters

After years of underrepresentation, new public sculptures show London is finally celebrating its daughters  The Art Newspaper

Culture

4 w. ago The art of the city: a walking tour of Edinburgh’s best landscape sculptures

Start with Andy Goldsworthy’s earthy installations at the Royal Scottish Academy, then head outdoors to discover more of his work, alongside pieces by Barbara Hepworth, Antony Gormley and Charles JencksA distinct farmyard smell lingers near the muddy Sheep Paintings. People walk slowly between two dense hedges of windfallen oak branches, or stand silently in a fragile cage of bulrush stems with light seeping through the mossy skylight overhead. I’m visiting the largest ever indoor exhibition of work by Andy Goldsworthy, one of Britain’s most influential nature artists. His recent installations have a visceral sense of rural landscape: hare’s blood on paper, sheep shit on canvas, rusty barbed wire, stained wool, cracked clay.The show is a sensory celebration of earth – its textures and temperatures, colours, character. The seasons cycle through an ongoing multidecade series of photos featuring the same fallen elm. There are leaf patterns and delicate woven branches, crusts of snow, l...

Politics

4 w. ago Labour's war on Middle England: Rural areas could foot the bill to pay for Rayner's reforms of council tax

Households in the countryside will reportedly be charged at unfairly high levels to pay for residents of cities under the Communities Secretary's 'fair funding' plans.

Economics

last month ‘Extremely rare’ Barbara Hepworth sculpture to go on public display after successful £3.8m fundraiser

The rare wooden carving will be placed on permanent public display for the first time in history

Economics