A working-class campaigner's theft of a famous painting becomes a legal battle over social justice and family secrets.
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
Roger Michell
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