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REVEALED: Alison lapper - The Real Truth

Justine Simons: 'I hope I’ve been able to reposition culture as the lifeblood of London'

The deputy mayor for culture on how London’s arts scene has transformed over the past two decades, competing with Paris, and the capital’s biggest cultural project since the Great Exhibition

Evening Standard

The week in TV: Colin from Accounts; In Vogue: The 90s; Trump: Should We Be Scared?; Grand Designs – review

Australia’s funniest couple surpass themselves; a Vogue magazine doc is more style than substance; Matt Frei explores fear, loathing and Donald Trump; and hard hats off to Britain’s fearless self-builders

The Guardian - UK

In My Own Words: Alison Lapper review – a hammer blow to your heart

At points, the formidable artist’s story makes you flinch at the toxicity she’s faced. Her incredibly frank account of being rejected by her mother and losing her son is almost beyond comprehension

The Guardian - UK

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TV tonight: artist and fourth plinth model Alison Lapper tells her story

Portrait of the artist whose pregnant figure caused outrage when it was erected as a Trafalgar Square sculpture in 2005. Plus: what if Trump wins? Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Sculptor Marc Quinn: 'Have I mellowed and joined the establishment? No!'

Ahead of his new exhibition at Kew Gardens, the artist talks about how humans destroy and preserve nature, swapping blood for coconut milk in his sculptures, and how quitting drinking helped his work

Evening Standard

‘Statues are of dead blokes. This is a living woman kicking arse’: how we made the fourth plinth’s Alison Lapper Pregnant

‘I was slated for it. People were writing to the papers saying, “It’s disgusting that disabled people should be allowed to get pregnant.” Excuse me?’

The Guardian - UK

What happened to Trafalgar Square’s previous fourth plinth statues?

While most of the artworks are in storage, some went on tour and some have found permanent homes

The Guardian - UK

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First show in 100 years of disabled Victorian artist Sarah Biffin opens in London

Accomplished miniaturist and a household name in 19th century was born without arms and hands

The Guardian - UK

‘The lady without legs or arms’: how an artist shattered Victorian ideas about disability

The achievements of Sarah Biffin, once a fairground attraction, are recognised in a new exhibition

The Guardian - UK

Londoner’s Diary: After plinth success, artists join forces again

Londoner’s Diary: Fourth Plinth artists team up again / Mae Martin leaves Graham Norton guessing / V&A Chairman pays tribute to magazine publisher who never said ‘no’ to a party / John Major on the real reason why chose the date of his victorious 1992 election

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