Art Achiampong's Foreign Office flag infuriates the right

Larry Achiampong was in the middle of a karate class when he took a break, looked at his phone and realised he was embroiled in a brewing culture war.

- Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

News outlets were reporting that a photo portrait of Queen Elizabeth II taken by David Bailey had been "ditched" by the foreign secretary in favour of artworks by Achiampong, Lubaina Himid and Yinka Shonibare.

The Telegraph first reported on David Lammy's decision to hang the British-Ghanaian's work, with GB News reporting on the "outrage" this had caused and the Daily Mail publishing the headline: "David Lammy's Foreign Office 'removed portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in favour of pan-African flags'."

Achiampong's work comes from the government art collection, which is run by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and contains thousands of pieces.