Bristol has always been passionate about its creative scene and in a smaller city sometimes you have to fight a bit harder to protect it. I think the up side to this is it that brings a much stronger community ethos to the scene than we might otherwise have.
So I wasn’t surprised to see that Jamaica...
Anyone within striking distance of the Edinburgh Fringe should make a beeline to the Royal Botanic Garden where they’re hosting a very special theatrical happening. The brainchild of David Leddy, it’s a play without actors, without a stage and with only one person in the audience. You. So how does it...
The First World War veteran Harry Patch died on 25 July this year. He was the last survivor of the bloody Passchendaele assault. He’d refused to talk about his experiences for 80 years but back in 1998, he took part in a BBC documentary. People say he changed his mind as he gradually realised that he...
When Good News!, an exhibition at London’s Orel Art opened, people were intrigued to discover two new artists. Yuri and Konstantin Shamanov had a long and detailed biography. Soviet army conscripts who’d gone on to work in secret space labs and as salesmen on Cherkisovski market, they listed other places...
Think like street artist, Dan Witz. With his latest work, ‘Plain View’, he attaches his art to the doors and walls of public places, such as bus stations. Only the occasional passer-by notices that there could be something going on behind that door or wall. But this occasional passer by is enough to...
Think like Surface View, who can cover your walls with interior graphics that will make an extraordinary impact at home or at work. Take your pick from the National Gallery, the V&A, the Tate and more. (Thanks to big Kev in Elmwood Melbourne for this one.) http://www.surfaceview.co.uk
As the months of this year march onward toward their inevitable annual close I’ve had the glamorous artwork of an Erté calendar to guide me through the year. Born Romain de Tirtoff in 1892, this illustrator adopted the artist name Erté to avoid retribution from his family who would have preferred that...
Normal 0 Last night I was among millions of fans of Antiques Roadshow who waited to find out what object could possibly fetch £1 million in valuations. I had images of a fantastic story of discovery that had the owner stumble upon a treasure at a car boot sale or dust off an old family heirloom to bring...
BBC Radio 2’s Steve Lamacq has taken a shine to new artist Mary Epworth , and her Jubilee Band, playing her single The Saddle Song on his Music This Week programme. The artist and her fans are hoping that Steve will play the tune again – in the meantime, you can view the YouTube video of her new single...
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