I think that's a puritanical response. I think it's disappointing. I model in many locations around London. Life drawing is a traditional form that is central to Western art. 'It's regarded as a ...

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A life drawing class owner has compared a London community centre to the Taliban after his nude models were told to cover up. Artists at the Hampstead Community Centre in north London were told ...

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 ...

A life drawing class that has been running for almost 30 years has been told to cover up its naked models or find a new location. Class organiser Tony Swann explained that he was informed by the ...

Anne Noble Partridge, who has taught life drawing for over 20 years and runs London Life Drawing, said the decision “feeds into this quite strong societal stigma about nudity and demonises what ...

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. Attendees of the daytime class at Hampstead ...

Hampstead Community Centre accused of behaving like the ‘Taliban’ over ‘puritanical’ attitude as class forced elsewhere after 30 years ...

A vintage moral panic appears to have gripped Hampstead. After 30 years of contented sketching, a daytime life drawing class has been effectively ejected from the Hampstead Community Centre.

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 ...

The life-drawing class has been forced to move to the nearby Quaker Meeting House - SWNS/Tony Kershaw ...