Jemima Kelly asks: “Who wants to live forever?” (Opinion, February 2). The answer lies in Tennyson’s 1860 poem “Tithonus”. Tithonus, as the poet notes, was “beloved by Aurora [goddess of the dawn], ...

Gwen John was about 22 years old when she painted her landlady, Mrs Atkinson, sitting in a room. It’s an unassuming portrait – you could even call it ordinary – and therein lies its charm. The floral ...

Radio 1 DJ Sian Eleri explores the life and work of painter Gwen John on the 150th anniversary of her birth. Show more She was a muse of Rodin and an inspiration to the Manic Street Preachers, but ...

Spider-Man has gone through many tragic events in his life. Suffering is kind of his default mode, starting with the death of ...