In 1977, Murray was offered a full-time role as the prison’s fine arts instructor, which he held till he retired in 2003 and, ...

James Scott We love a good bit of wordplay around here at the Chronicle, and it’s no surprise that BookPeople does as well.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I ...

Mark your calendars. Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced the dates for Art All Night 2025, a festival that highlights local arts and entrepreneurship in DC. On September 12 and 13, the city will ...

Ali Demi Prison, or known until yesterday as the women's prison, will soon be turned into a prison hotel. It is learned that the Ministry of Justice is preparing to turn it into an open prison, and in ...

Over the course of a decade, Nicole Fleetwood interviewed over 6,000 incarcerated artists about their experiences creating art in prison, an environment where space, materials and time are limited.

Elba said that before filming started, he “spent the night” in a prison cell on Robben Island, which is the same prison Mandela was in from 1964 to 1982. “I’d been given the incredible ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times ...

“In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on Robben Island, 12 km outside Cape Town, where Mandela was imprisoned ...

You cut that out of schools, there's - I feel like there's a path to the prison industrial complex. Art is not frivolous. Art connects us, and we need it in our society. We need it in our schools.