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A life-drawing class that has been running for over 30 years in north London has been told to cover up its models or find a new venue after child safeguarding concerns were raised. The daytime class ...

Models have hit out at the “societal stigma about nudity” after a life drawing class which has been running for 30 years was ...

Tony Swann, who ran a daytime life drawing class at the Hampstead Community Centre, was asked to either move to the evening or clothe its naked models as it was being held between two children’s ...

A row over an art class raises potentially difficult questions about the traditional method of learning to draw Name: Life drawing. Age: Ancient. Appearance: Upsettingly dangly. Just remind me, what ...

A row has broken out after a life-drawing class in north London was told its nude models should wear clothes following complaints. Organisers of the daytime class have accused “puritanical” Hampstead ...

Organiser Tony Swann has compared the community centre to the Taliban (Picture: Tony Kershaw/SWNS) A life drawing class owner has compared a London community centre to the Taliban after his nude ...

A life drawing class has moved after more than 30 years at a community centre after being told there were 'safeguarding concerns' over the nude models - prompting to compare the move to 'a Taliban ...

BUDDING artists at one of the nation’s oldest galleries have been rapped for snapping photos of naked models in life-drawing classes. Royal Academy of Arts members pay up to £65 for a tuition session.