Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The life modelling group in Hampstead's Community Centre had been going for 30 years (Getty Images) Tony Swann, who ran a daytime ...

SITTING still for a living might seem like a cushy job, but actually it can be a pain in the backside. Literally. Life models at Edinburgh College of Art are told in no uncertain terms what to expect.

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 ...

What is it like to be in a room full of artists who are observing and drawing your naked body? Sitters discuss the freedom and healing they have experienced Craig, 54 (@tattooed_nude) I started life ...

A row has broken out after a life-drawing class in north London was told its nude models should wear clothes following complaints. Organisers of the daytime class have accused “puritanical” Hampstead ...

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 ...