David Hockney's iPad paintings divide opinion, but there is no doubting his belief that "simple beauty is worth celebrating" (this is No 180, 11 April 2020). During the pandemic he painted in Normandy saying, "they can't cancel the spring", then had a glorious blossom-filled exhibition at the Royal Academy in 2021, and was the subject of Spring Cannot Be Cancelled (2021) by Martin Gayford. And now his 90m frieze, A Year in Normandie, can be seen for free at The Serpentine Galleries in London.