Inside
“I am now eighty-two years old and these memories remain very clear. What happened to our childhood?” Carmel Durant, 2010 To walk through the new touring [...]
August 2014
International Dogs In Art Day
“When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because [...]
Amy Poehler’s art dealer
Way too close to the truth. I’ve seen my future and it’s scary [...]
This 240-year-old Machine is an Ancestor to the Modern Computer
Interlude
“I could tell you it’s the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.” ― Carlos Ruizafón, The Shadow of the Wind [...]
Harvest: A Conflict
It’s a little-known fact that art galleries and museums have in their calendars a season known as Meh. It’s little-known because…well…I just made it [...]
Le Noir: the dark side of cirque
I don’t know about you, but when I think of the circus I don’t immediately think of g-strings, suspender belts and feathers. Call me old fashioned, but that [...]
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
American columnist Erma Bombeck said of her career writing about the quirks of her home life “there is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, [...]
A Temporary Display of Birmingham’s Loss During World War I Leaves a Lasting Impression
I keep getting taken back to an email I received a few weeks ago questioning my focus on art when there is so much suffering in the world. I go back to it not because it [...]
The Grand Old Dame of Cinema
There are few things that evoke true Hollywood glamour more than the return of a reclusive old movie star. The mystery, the anticipation, the whispers and rumours of their [...]
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