Heath Ledger’s Joker was based on a Francis Bacon painting, says Christopher Nolan
Hollywood director is one of several leading creatives to speak of Bacon’s influence ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
A world in motion: Bristol photo festival 2024 – in pictures
The second edition of the showcase opens on 16 October with the theme ‘The World a Wave’. It features photographers from around the world investigating global flux in social, political and environmental issues
‘Noel and Julian were possibly aroused’: The Mighty Boosh turns 20 – in pictures
While filming the surreal comedy, Dave Brown aka Bollo was on hand with a camera to snap awkward kisses, creepy venues … and people eating beans in makeup
Lost highways: an offbeat road trip through forgotten America – in pictures
Before his untimely death, British photographer Michael Ormerod travelled the US in a VW camper van, taking thought-provoking photographs of unnamed places
![The kind of art you want to hang in your house, which is what they were doing … Edward Le Bas, EK [Eardley Knollys], Reading, c.1960s.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/528c6fd6830cfb881cef421f86f3b1b28a1bf266/0_27_902_541/master/902.jpg?width=220&dpr=2&s=none)
