Reaching over the table, he felt the crack as his fist connected of the governor of Barlinnie Prison’s jaw ... sculpture under the gaze of pioneering art therapist Joyce Laing.

In an emotional interview, reformed criminal and convicted killer Jimmy Boyle., now 80, has revealed the brutality of prison life and how he thought he would die behind bars. Reformed criminal and ...

His conference speech that year boldly claimed that “prison works”. Hardly ... What can work is detailed in a new book on The Barlinnie Special Unit (Art, ­Punishment And Innovation). In the unlikely ...

Boyle, now 80, was one of the first prisoners selected for entry to the infamous Special Unit at Barlinnie prison in Glasgow ... Boyle said: ‘Art was so far from our world.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More than four years ago, in the autumn of 2019, celebrated artist John Olsen was enjoying a long lunch at Rose Bay’s Catalina ...

The majority of those – 70 – who had left prison before completing the course were from HMP Glenochil, while 39 were from Edinburgh, 22 were released from Barlinnie and 17 from Dumfries.

Now, some experts think it’s the real deal Julia Binswanger Daily Correspondent Pablo Picasso was a frequent visitor on the island of Capri, where the painting was discovered. Sanford Roth ...

From matchstick models of pool tables and papier mâché cartoon characters to portraits of the Queen, 200 works of art made by prisoners are about to be shown at London’s Southbank Centre, thanks to ...

A painting discovered by a junk dealer in the basement of an Italian villa six decades ago is actually the work of Pablo Picasso and could sell for millions, according to experts. Luigi Lo Rosso ...

to those who perceive their relationship as a fusion of love and art, in which their differences become their strength. Beyond its aesthetic value, the photograph took on historical significance as it ...