On The Road: The Gourmand & Co. Journey To Mexico
When people ask me about my religion, about what I really believe in beyond all other things, I often need a moment’s pause to ponder the subject. Do I believe…
Light Entertainment – REVIEW: ‘Light Show’ at the Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery’s ‘Light Show’ does what it says on the tin. It puts on a show. A bright, glittery, shiny show at that. Exploring the ways in which artists…
Tate Modern Review: Lichtenstein – do we need a retrospective?
In 1964 Life magazine asked whether Roy Lichtenstein, the subject of the Tate Modern’s latest retrospective was “the worst artist in the US”. Fifty years on, Lichtenstein’s iconic style of…
Eccentric Oxbridge: Oxford Literary Festival
Oxford is certainly a strange place. Tucked away in a quiet corner of Christ Church, Nicholas Chrimes and Richard O Smith recounted many tales of the two rival universities’ oddities…
Fiction. Remembering in Winter
A country house in winter is something which brings to mind a rather romantic picture. But the glittering frosts always come later than expected, and are always accompanied with…
It’s alive!
Pottery is perhaps the most durable form of art – our oldest record of long lost cultures – it comes from the earth and it’s here to stay. So argues…
Fiction. Table Conversation
“Where did he go now then?” He looked across the dining table at his wife with a deep frown. She put a finger gently to her lips to signal silence…
Bonez & bronze
Room after room of rough totems, thick cartouches and half-buried sarcophagi. Imagine yourself an archaeologist in dream-land, and you’re half-way to immersing yourself in the work of Hans Josephsohn. The…
