Charles Saatchi has bought up all of Royal Academy student James Howard’s work in one fell swoop. “The question is, who wins? Saatchi gets a bargain – three years’ work for the rock-bottom price of £4,500 – and Howard gets notoriety, so it would seem that both of them have a reason to smile. Yet more than a few artists have suffered at the hands of Saatchi’s generosity in the past.”