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 their ...

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

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 ...

Row after models at long-running life drawing class in Hampstead told to cover up for 'safeguarding' reasons - Tony Swann said the Trust managing Hampstead Community Centre said there were ‘safeguardi ...

Meg, 26, is a life drawing model who poses nude at art classes in London and beyond. She lives in Harringay with her partner. You’re now subscribed to all our newsletters. You can manage your ...

After 30 years of contented sketching, a daytime life drawing class has been effectively ejected from the Hampstead Community Centre. Their crime? The age-old practice of studying models in the buff.

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 ...

But the 63-year-old said making models wear clothes for a life drawing class defeats its entire purpose. The class has branded the community centre’s new rules as ‘puritanical’ and compared ...

Models have hit out at the “societal stigma about nudity” after a life drawing class which has been running for 30 years was asked to either cover its nude muses up or find a new venue due to ...