Falklands War Surrender Telex goes on sale

With the Falkland Islands back in the news, Bonhams will soon be auctioning a copy of the original Falklands War Surrender Telex.

This document, announcing the laying down of arms by the Argentine Forces under General de Brigada Mario Menendez in June 1982, is to be sold at the auction house’s marine sale on 3 April.

The auction takes place immediately following the 30th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands (2 April 1982).

Picasso & Modern British Art at Tate Britain

Nude, Green Leaves and Bust

Pablo Picasso was perhaps the most influential artistic figure of the 20th century and Tate Britain is this year exploring the effect he had on art in the UK.

Its methodology is to consider the stimulus Picasso provided to seven British artists: Wyndham Lewis, Duncan Grant, Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Graham Sutherland and David Hockney. As a parallel theme it also considers how the Spanish artist was received by British collectors.

The show is entitled Picasso & Modern British Art, a title that was chosen for specific reasons, says its curator, Chris Stephens.

France: the best places to eat in Lyon

The bouchon: Lyon’s foodie heart

If any French city can claim to be France’s culinary capital, it is the east-central metropolis of Lyon.

The secret of the its gastronomic success is a deep-seated love of food that permeates the very fabric of the place, combined with a fortuitous position adjoining two of France’s finest wine regions, (Côtes du Rhône and Beaujolais), and some of its most fertile farmland.

One of the best ways to gain an insight into the mouth-watering array of produce available in the region is to visit the Halles de Lyon-Paul Bocuse, close to the city’s Part Dieu railway station.

Lisbon: a city tour on the No28 tram

The No28 rumbles through the city

Lisbon’s No28 trams are something special.

To enter their venerable carriages is to travel back in time and to share a journey once enjoyed by literary greats, wartime spies and inspiration-seeking artists.

From the outside the trams are trim and yellow, looking almost overly truncated for the demands of the 21st century.