The Drawing Room

A very unusual art thief


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In 1961, a painting by Francisco Goya was stolen from the National Gallery of London.
It was assumed that a skilled gang of art thieves had broken in to sell it to a private collector.
The truth was much stranger: the thief was a retired bus driver who wanted charity payments to cover TV licences in Britain for the old and the vulnerable.
That story is the inspiration for a new film, The Duke, produced by Nicky Bentham
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