Plymouth hinted at the fun it was planning to create for Beryl Cook's centenary when a giant inflatable "icon" appeared in ...

A hundred years after her birth, a retrospective of Plymouth artist Beryl Cook's work is being put on in her adopted home city. Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy at The Box, aims to bring serious artistic ...

In the days when a branch of Athena adorned (if that’s the right word) every high street, Beryl Cook’s work was everywhere. Her bulky women - nobody used the phrase ‘body positive’ then - were in clip ...

Beryl Cook’s joyful and exuberant paintings are known and loved throughout the world, but little is known of the very private person behind them. Instantly recognisable, her paintings depict ...