News about Celia Birtwell

I can still go pretty quickly. But since I've had my heart problems - about four years ago, I had a stent fitted, then I developed atrial fibrillation - I've not enjoyed walking so much. My partner and I often go to our house in the country where I do a bit of gardening.

Celia Birwell, artist David Hackney's 70s muse, has a lot in common with her fashionista granddaughters Tilly and Lola, according to Claudia Joseph. When entering the David Hockney: Drawing From Life exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery, you are surrounded by photographs of Hockney's close friend, textile designer Celia Birtwell. The artist's muse posed for him more than a century ago, now 82. Two drawings stand out in the exhibit's final room: granddaughters, 21-year-old Tilly Clark, and younger sister Lola, 18.