In 1983 I graduated from Reading University, necessitating a return to the prison of my family home. Subversion was impossible. Any...

I have recently enjoyed a 'mini-holiday' (much-needed) in the form of a visit by a dear friend from Germany. In anticipation of our my...

On May 1st, my guest writer, the outstanding ceramicist Helen Long wrote powerfully about influences and revelations that coloured the...

The name 'Picasso' is on the lips of anyone invited to name a famous artist. He has even become the subject of a thousands-fold...

A piece of writing which I much admire is the collection of essays, MUSICAL THOUGHTS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS, by the great pianist Alfred...

Art has always fired me up, even at a young age when my creative life was veering, due to paternal pressure, towards Music. As a boy, I...