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Plus: Jools Holland and his model railway, and how Monster Chetwynd got her name
The British pub chain has announced that it will develop a museum at a boozer in Wolverhampton
Britain is bedecked with Christmas trees once more – and this year’s surprise hit is a tilting trunk in Southampton
Plus: Lucian Freud on horseback and how Sex and the City made Marina Abramović
A portrait photograph long thought to show Van Gogh turns out to depict his brother Theo
Plus: a street artist with a vendetta in LA and Jerry Saltz dresses up as Frida Kahlo
A copy of a self-help book once owned by Michael Jackson is up for auction – personalised by the King of Pop himself
Plus: Picasso at Annabel’s and Donald Trump rides across a golden burger
A feline farce at the Onomichi City Museum of Art has got social media purring
Sotheby’s is selling a clutch of canvases by Old Blue Eyes – as well as a number of curious Sinatra souvenirs
