Renaissance Utterances

A year older, a year not that much wiser, but the last twelve months have certainly blurred past. Whether it was 100mph with the landscape...

On my course so far we’ve covered labels , art/space/geography and this week we are looking at the art of photography. So when I saw the ti...

Artist Jamie McCartney(left) As I get older and wiser experience confirms that judging by appearances is never a good idea. One of ...

The geometric serenity of Ben Nicholson ’s white 3D sculpture pictures have been haunting me since I saw them yesterday lunchtime. The cleve...

The LSE is providing a wealth of entertainment this week with the Space for Thought Literary Festival (probably more on that to follow) and...

The Victorians proved problematic in my previous archive visit post so in the interest of balance, the next one is far more cheerful. The V...

The RAI is the world's longest established anthropological organisation with a global membership. Its controversial history is interest...

'No rules, just photographers telling stories’ is essentially the Magnum Agency motto. Their vast online archive is crammed full of i...

Sometimes my impetuosity and ability to do things at speed leaves my friends reeling. There is nothing more exasperating (apparently) than b...

Last night took me to the vast  London Metropolitan Archives in Clerkenwell. The only way it can be described is ‘a collection of collect...

Sex has been very much on my mind recently. One way or another I've been confronted with a lot of sexual imagery. What with art (Johnath...