‘It is the picture of a man's soul’: How gallery's latest exhibit captures Churchill's despair when political career appeared to be over

Winston Churchill, right, was haunted by the failed Gallipoli Campaign, left

Fire and reign: Queen gives her ‘blessing’ for Buckingham Palace to be burned down (…but don’t worry, it’s just a model made for Bonfire Night)

Edward Heath, bonfire designer from Staffordshire, who has built a replica of Buckingham Palace

Royal sheikh who spent more than £1billion on his art collection is accused of leaving 'extraordinary trail' of unpaid debt around world's top auction houses

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Foreign Office cuts? Get stuffed! William Hague signs off £10,000 taxidermy bill for 20ft anaconda snake called Albert hanging in the library

The Foreign Office insisted Albert the snake is a 'unique historical heirloom deserving of essential maintenance'

The Foreign Office said it was obliged to maintain its assets, and called in a team of experts from the Natural History Museum to spend FIVE

'I'm just not interested in Damien Hirst': Critic David Hickey quits as art world has become 'too obsessed with money and celebrity'

Retiring: Art critic Dave Hickey has grown tired of 'fame obsessed' modern art

American arts commentator Dave Hickey, 71, said he is tired of 'tourism mentality' of modern art where everyone wants to talk about Damien Hirst.

'He's a thieving magpie': Unknown artist claims Damien Hirst copied his £800 painting

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Damien Hirst, left, has been accused of stealing the idea for his four Magpie works from unknown artist Max McLaughlin.

Outrage as vandal who was caught on film spray-painting over Picasso painting gets his own art exhibition

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The Cueto James Gallery in Houston has sparked outrage among the art community by offering a show to 22-year-old Uriel Landeros (pictured)

The furniture jockeys! Children ride stunning indoor wave and take a trip on motorbike made of household items

British advertising photographer Tim MacPherson has a wonderful series of photographs showing children having fun in imaginary worlds created out of ordinary objects

Artist Tim MacPherson has created snowy peaks, tumbling waves and even motorcycles out of household items, much to the delight of the children who posed in his projects.

No room for a spare tyre: Artist builds a car with painted human bodies

Body-painting artist Emma Hack

Body-painting artist Emma Hack etched colours and markings on her models and arranged their arms, legs and heads into the shape of a small hatchback.

First Century Photoshop: Study that brings mummies back to life reveals talent of the age's painters with eerie portrait likenesses

Remarkable similarity: A mummy from the British Museum was a small woman in her early 20s with delicate features, a narrow face and thick lips

A study of mummy portraits, first published in the journal ZAS, has revealed the talents of 1st century A.D artists, even tweaking their features slightly to be more flattering.

Now poor Knut is immortal: Berlin Zoo unveils statue in honour of tragic polar bear who became a victim of his own success

Knut the bear achieved global celebrity before his death - first by being rejected by his mother, then being raised by hand and finally becoming addicted to celebrity while homed at Berlin Zoo

He earned the zoo millions during his short life and this week the statue funded by fans from across the world and the statue called 'Knut the Dreamer' was unveiled at Berlin Zoo not far from where he captivated 11 million visitors during his short life.

'I was on a razor's edge': Photographer captures stunning shots of the moment he came face to face with a polar bear

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It was the moment he had spent two cold, grueling, and solitary weeks waiting for. But when Paul Souders finally came face to face with a polar bear his patience paid off beautifully - as these stunning snaps show.

Don't forget your sharpener: The giant pencil drawing that took artist 1,200 hours and over 100 pencils

Artist Chris LaPorte created this 13x26 foot masterpiece entirely with pencils

Chris LaPorte from Michigan created the 13x26ft masterpiece (pictured) for the ArtPrize 2012 using an 80-year-old photo of his grandfather and his high school marching band.

The faces behind the lens: Famous photographers become the subject as they display their most celebrated pictures

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Photographer Tim Mantoani has turned the artist into the subject in a collection of pictures that feature famous shutterbugs displaying their most famous pieces.

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