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A painting of a man in a suit and top hat on the side of a wall.

Mural created for cat loving Gloucester mayor

A mural has been created to honour Ralph Fletcher, who was mayor of Gloucester 200 years ago.

There are two brightly coloured murals in arches under a brown wall.
Both paintings have abstract designs with blue, green and yellow.

Mural exchange helps make 'meaningful' connections

Artists from Antigua and Barbuda are joining forces with counterparts in Jersey to create murals.

A woman and a man standing by a large mural

Neglected subway transformed by colourful art

Well-known anonymous street artist Binty Bint worked on the project alongside school children.

A number of rectangular portraits of staff and volunteers of Les Bourgs Hospice displayed on a plain white wall. They each have an informational plaque below each one.

Hospice marks 35th anniversary with exhibition

The exhibition celebrates the people and community behind the Les Bourgs Hospice in Guernsey.

A view of a mural on a building. It shows a man in a black coat and hat surrounded by cats.

Mural of mayor who fed stray cats is unveiled

Ralph Fletcher is known for writing one of the first texts arguing against animal cruelty in 1846.

A colourful blue print of a swimming pool, with a faint pencilled signature of David Hockney in the bottom right hand side

Signed Hockney print found in a book sells for £41K

The print, found in a book donated to a Salvation Army shop, is snapped up by an anonymous bidder.

The pixel-like mosaic mural in muted blues, yellows. greens and browns shows key moments and figures from the county's history, including he Venerable Bede and the Viking raid on Lindisfarne (793 CE), the founding of Durham Cathedral (1093), the Penshaw Monument (1844), Captain James Cook (1728-79), the county’s collieries and the steel works at Redcar. Bennett Zon is standing beneath the artwork. He has white hair and beard and wears glasses.

'Irreplaceable' mural could be lost to demolition

Bennett Zon says it should be moved and "become the icon of the city" it was designed to be.

A plank of wood is attached to a stone wall besides a road.
Ten green plastic bottles are suspended from the plank. They appear to be painted green.

The mystery of 10 green bottles on a wall

People have been scratching their heads over the mystery of the green bottles.

A watercolor painting of a large black bird on the water

Original watercolours by William Weston Young expected to fetch up to £25,000 at auction

A series of watercolours by ceramicist William Weston Young are to go under the hammer.