Art, Film, Photography

Suvla Bay, Gallipoli 1915

It seemed to them that they were to go on living like that, and writing like that, for ever and…

6 years ago

The United States Welcomes You

We're happier when we chat to strangers, but our instinct is to ignore them https://t.co/ExmL3GSCWw via @researchdigest — Tina Seelig…

6 years ago

The Need to Make

Not bird not badger not beaver not bee Many creatures must make, but only one must seek within itself what…

6 years ago

Artistic Pretensions

When I was ten or eleven my primary school class was taken on a trip to Blenheim Palace. Big excitement…

7 years ago

Rust and Shadows

When I was four years old I found a sixpence on the quay at Poole Harbour. I've been picking up…

7 years ago

Valentine for Ernest Mann

Valentine for Ernest Mann You can’t order a poem like you order a taco. Walk up to the counter, say,…

7 years ago

The Road Ahead

The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. Before the advent of motorways in the UK (first section of…

7 years ago

Women Artists of WW1: Mary Riter Hamilton

This post was updated on March 9th 2019 with the addition of a postscript: A film about Hamilton's life and…

7 years ago

Women Artists of WW1: Norah Neilson Gray

When Norah Neilson Gray (1882 -1931) taught at St. Columba's School for Girls in Kilmacolm her students called her "Purple…

7 years ago

Women Artists of WW1: Nellie Isaac

There isn't much to learn about Nellie Elizabeth Isaac online and some of it's inaccurate. But as always with the string…

7 years ago