Life in the Arts Lane - Week 30 - From the Rhine to the Danube

18.06.2013
I know don't what comes over me but there is a certain kamikaze spirit that drives one to oblivion. I knew that I had an early flight on...

On The Streets - A Weekly Round Up Of The Freshest Global Street Art 17.06.13

17.06.2013
Notable walls come from Phlegm - Montreal, Canada, Blu and Ericalcane - Girona, Spain, Hyuro- Copenhagen, Denmark, Escif - Montreal,...

Art Blooms in a Changing World

16.06.2013
This past week, I was delighted to unveil the latest branch of my growing Love & Peace Campaign: a mobile app designed to connect people...
UK's Quirkiest Book Festivals

UK's Quirkiest Book Festivals

12.06.2013
I love book festivals and I spend at least every second weekend over the season talking about my books in a variety of tents, classrooms,...

(Poison) Pen Pal - Mr Bingo at KK Outlet

11.06.2013
Post is going out of fashion like no one's business, but it's about to get a revival from an unlikely source. Mr Bingo is an east London...
Life in the Arts Lane - Week 29 - A New Beginning

Life in the Arts Lane - Week 29 - A New Beginning

11.06.2013
The real stars of this show are the soldiers. As they stand there full of dignity, the heat increases and yet they still stand solid and...
William Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', Harrogate

William Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', Harrogate

11.06.2013
The story is dominated by the relationship between Rosalind, arguably Shakespeare's most memorable, and perhaps most comedic female character,...
Come Back to Camden

Come Back to Camden

11.06.2013
Camden Town markets are one of London and the UK's most popular tourist destinations, visited by over 100,000 tourists each weekend. Restaurants,...
Are We Writing Too Much to Be Reading?

Are We Writing Too Much to Be Reading?

10.06.2013
If I could spend even seven days, in my own home unplugged from my devices, perhaps I could recapture some of that stillness inside which...
On The Streets- A Weekly Round Up of the Freshest Global Street Art 10.06.13

On The Streets- A Weekly Round Up of the Freshest Global Street Art 10.06.13

10.06.2013
This week's in Milena Kotseva's review of art 'on the streets' we kick off with the newest ROA mural in Austrian town Linz. Painted for...
A Garage as an Art Gallery

A Garage as an Art Gallery

10.06.2013
Not so, you have to look harder and you will still find edgy galleries. A garage in a housing estate in Hoxton, called The Garage Project,...

Whitney McVeigh Exhibits New Work In Italy

10.06.2013
This summer, Whitney McVeigh presents new work at prestigious locations in Italy. A multimedia artist, McVeigh works with monoprints, fine...

Rich Simmons - The Inner Outsider

9.06.2013
Do you remember the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William immortalised in the style of Sid and Nancy? Well this image went viral on a...
The Ex-Nun, The Soldier's Wife, And the Fabulist: Three Poets

The Ex-Nun, The Soldier's Wife, And the Fabulist: Three Poets

9.06.2013
A nun spikes her drinks with sacramental wine and wears red lace underwear. A soldier's wife sits by the bed of a man whose legs have been...