Caravaggio painted male nudes, particularly handsome men and naked saints, but now his work has been classified as that of a ‘normal’ man. 

One of the most ‘homoerotic’ painters of all times is now at the center of a debate about his sexuality in Italy.

Italy’s best-selling newspaper, la Repubblica, has released a DVD on Caravaggio, the Renaissance painter, branding him ‘normal, not homosexual.’

‘Caravaggio was not homosexual. He was normal and he killed Ranuccio Tomassoni di Terni because of his love for a woman,’ it claims.

A painter and decorator in Scotland has lost a legal battle against a friend who referred to him as a 'gay painter'.

The sheriff ruling in the defamation case brought by George Cowan, called the situation 'deeply regrettable' but did not think the victim defamed.

It was alleged that the accused, Mark Bennett, had left Cowan 'upset and embarrassed' after calling him 'the gay painter' at weekly meetings of a business network. The network was founded by Bennett.

Paris is overrated. Sure, the French capital is internationally renowned as the fine dining center of the universe.

But the pendulous whiff of snobbery in the air which causes waiters to instantly turn their noses up at the very word ‘ketchup’, means even the piece de resistance of gourmet cooking can put a foodie off his meal.

Enter Brussels. A city better known as the capital of dull, grey European bureaucracy, Tin Tin and artery clogging guilty pleasures such as waffles, chocolate and beer.