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Barry Flanagan, who has died of motor neurone disease aged 68, decided upon his vocation early: "I was a fully fledged sculptor from the age of 17. I stepped right into it and embraced the physical world." In late 1979 the first of his trademark hares was cast in bronze, the classic material he believed

National Portrait Gallery, LondonWhether channelling Picasso, depicting Celia Birtwell or capturing Harry Styles, the artist communicates profound joy and his most recent paintings really boom with energy and hope

Judge orders prison for indigenous rights campaigner despite UN experts opinion that his treatment broke international law Steven Donziger, the US indigenous rights campaigner and lawyer who spent decades battling the energy firm Chevron over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest, was sentenced to six months imprisonment on Friday for criminal contempt charges arising from a

In an optimistic new work, the author of Adventures in the Anthropocene argues that planned mass migration is essential for humanity to inhabit a world 4C warmer Gaia Vinces new book should be read not just by every politician, but by every person on the planet, because it lays out, much more clearly than any

Why are people from Liverpool called scousers? Is it an insulting term or do Liverpudlians refer to themselves as scousers? Natasha, Sydney, Australia As to whether it's insulting, you could call me paranoid, but any mention of my home town seems intended as an insult these days. People from Liverpool do call themselves Scousers though.