A YOUNG boy, his face pressed firm against the plate glass, points in the direction of a towering, twisting hulk of clay-red metal in the middle distance asks “Is that a roller coaster, daddy?” His father, reading off an inscription on a nearby viewing panel replies: “No son, it says here it’s a piece of art.”

A UK ticketholder won more than £45m (54m) in last night’s EuroMillions draw, UK lottery Camelot said.

THE Olympic Park in London is to get a mini-Eiffel tower at the behest of Mayor Boris Johnson.

A Francis Bacon masterpiece sold for $15m (€11.7m), setting a new auction world record for a work by the Irish artist.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will make their first official appearance together in the United States today.

Chart act Ms Dynamite won the seal of approval of the highbrow arts world by picking up a South Bank Show award today.