Julie Miller (13 September 2012). "Rolf's Animal Clinic". Channel 5. Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 . Retrieved 7 June 2014. In 2001 and 2004, Harris presented Rolf on Art, a television series that highlighted the work of a selection of his favourite artists, including van Gogh, Degas, Monet and Gauguin. In November and December 2002, under the direction of Charles Saumarez Smith, London's National Gallery exhibited a collection of Harris's art. [58]

Rolf Harris challenges indecent assault conviction". BBC News. 1 August 2014 . Retrieved 1 August 2014. Rolf Harris plaque to be retained despite being stolen". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 30 July 2014 . Retrieved 7 April 2015. On 16 November 2017, Harris's conviction on the charge that he had indecently assaulted an eight-year-old girl at a community centre in Portsmouth in 1969 was overturned on the grounds that it was unsafe. The Court of Appeal dismissed applications to challenge the other eleven convictions from the 2014 trial. [152] Documentary Pettersson, Edvard; Silver, Vernon (28 September 2018). "Led Zeppelin to Face Retrial Over 'Stairway' Theft Claims" . Retrieved 28 September 2018. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nded.). London, UK: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 260. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.Longridge, Chris (30 June 2014). "How Rolf Harris became famous". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 2 August 2014. Harris became renowned for the speed with which he painted on live telly. On his first adult Saturday night TV series, The Rolf Harris Show, accompanied by the Young Generation dance troupe, he would draw huge landscapes on 4 x 3 metre canvases, having practised creating the paintings against a stopwatch earlier so he could produce them live. He became so famous for his painting that in one poll he was ranked the best known artist in Britain: 38% of respondents knew his work, while only 23% knew Constable.

Oliver Keens (1 February 2013). "Can you tell what it is yet? 10 reasons to love Rolf Harris". Time Out London . Retrieved 7 June 2014. Following his conviction, it was reported in July 2014, [131] October 2014 [132] and February 2015 [133] that he was being investigated by police over other alleged sexual offences.

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Reed, Ryan (11 June 2019). "Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven': Appeals Court to Review Lawsuit Decision". Rolling Stone. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport": "Billboard Hot 100: Week of July 13, 1963". Billboard . Retrieved 24 May 2023. The fourth verse – " Let me abos go loose, Lou/Let me abos go loose/They're of no further use, Lou/So let me abos go loose" – became increasingly controversial, because of the use of what later became regarded as a racial slur, and was removed in later versions of the song. In 2006, four decades after the song's release, Harris expressed his regret about the original lyric. [35] 1960s to 1980s The band itself has mostly ignored such claims. Swan Song Records responded to the allegations by stating: "Our turntables only play in one direction—forwards." Led Zeppelin audio engineer Eddie Kramer called the allegations "totally and utterly ridiculous. Why would they want to spend so much studio time doing something so dumb?" [69] Robert Plant expressed frustration with the accusations in a 1983 interview in Musician magazine: "To me it's very sad, because 'Stairway to Heaven' was written with every best intention, and as far as reversing tapes and putting messages on the end, that's not my idea of making music." [70] Accolades [ edit ] Accolades