David Hockney: The ‘Quirky British Eccentric’ With A Twinkle In His Eye

“He had a wonderful mischief, a twinkle in his eye.” Giant of British art David Hockney has died at the age of 88. Times arts correspondent David Sanderson and his biographer and friend Christopher Simon Sykes look back at the life of the much-loved “quirky British eccentric”. David Sanderson was speaking to Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. Listen live every Friday 10am-1pm. Christopher Simon Sykes was speaking to Tom Whipple in for Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio. Listen live every Friday 1-4pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/