Do we really need another biography about Francis Bacon? The answer is emphatically yes, says Christopher Bray

The rambling and discursive nature of the writing lends Rupert Everett’s book an enjoyable appeal

The Falkland Islands bids farewell to the RSS James Clark Ross and a Marylebone gallery hosts a virtual exhibition of Antarctic photographs

Serenhedd James finds folly and ruin frequently go together in Rory Fraser’s new release: Follies

Barry Turner delves into an illuminating and entertaining insight into Bohemian life in the fast lane

Michael Prodger recounts the tale of Hergé’s drawing for the cover of the Tintin instalment: The Blue Lotus

John Springs on illustrating US Presidents throughout his career

Damien Hirst’s work encapsulates the sterility, isolation and obsession with death of these times, says Alys Denby

The Story of Scottish Art is not a scholarly work of art history; it gives an easy-to-read account of artists’ lives with a faintly awestruck tone

Whether we like it or not, the intrusion of AI into the domain of human creativity is going very quickly to become a fixture of our lives