Despite being widely used in everyday language, there is no clear consensus on how resilience should be defined or measured.

The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.

The Holy Grail has captivated people's imagination for centuries - with its whereabouts remaining a mystery. But a UK ...

Born on 22nd January 1561, Francis Bacon was an influential figure: philosopher, parliamentarian and pioneer in scientific methodology. In his lifetime he served in high-ranking positions both as ...

In his 1981 book, Francis Bacon: Logique de la sensation, French philosopher Gilles Deleuze attempted to get under Bacon’s skin, writing that the artist “…pursues a very peculiar project as ...

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Francis Bacon was born in Dublin on October 28, 1909. Bacon’s childhood and youth with his family were not very easy. Both his father Anthony Edward Mortimer Bacon and his mother Christina Winifred ...

The facts of Francis Bacon’s life are the ones that tend to envelop interpretations of his work: he was an alcoholic, atheist, gambler, and homosexual in an intolerant age. This fraught ...