Updating my podcast artwork?

Hi there,
We've recently updated our podcast artwork but not sure how to change it on iTunes?
Our podcast is here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/picturehouse-podcast/id393128786?mt=2
Our old artwork is hosted here: http://podcasts.simplicityphotography.co.uk/picturehouse_artwork.jpg
<itunes:image href="http://podcasts.simplicityphotography.co.uk/picturehouse_artwork.jpg" />
Do I simply need to upload my new artwork to a hosting site and drop the link in? Will iTunes pull in the new artwork?
Would it matter if I uploaded it to a different server to our podcast files?
Cheers,
Sam

Do I simply need to upload my new artwork to a hosting site and drop the link in? Will iTunes pull in the new artwork?
Yes; but you must give the new image a new filename or the Store won't recorgnize that it's changed. It will take some days for the new image to appear in the Store.
Would it matter if I uploaded it to a different server to our podcast files?
No. Obviously the URL must always be a full one (as it is at present)

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Assuming it to be OK, you have two possibilities: both involve you editing the original feed.
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'
xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'
xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'
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making sure you don't get this inside another tag (and there must be no line breaks within this). There are still other tags missing, which though they aren't essential, ought really to be there.
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Make sure you get the URL exactly right in the redirect. If you make a mistake *you will not be able to get it back* once iTunes has redirected.
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