Best crystal bracelets for any outfit Wearable, healing accessories for the spiritually-minded Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2024
Henry Moore at the Courtauld Gallery review: a splendid show of the great sculptor's lesser-known drawings These drawings make us think again about Moore the sculptor, while the gallery also has a fine show of Vanessa Bell’s works that is worth visiting Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024
Best illustrated books for adults for a visually captivating yarn Picture perfect storytelling at its finest Evening Standard · May 30, 2024
Could The Beatles become famous today? "The number of amazing people who could be spectacularly successful, is really, really high," Sunstein says Salon · May 25, 2024
Man falls asleep driving minibus, killing woman A 77-year-old man has admitted he fell asleep while driving a minibus, leading to a crash that killed one woman and seriously injured three others. AAP · May 13, 2024
‘Like a film in my mind’: hyperphantasia and the quest to understand vivid imaginations Research that aims to explain why some people experience intense visual imagery could lead to a better understanding of creativity and some mental disorders The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2024
The right is as stale as its ‘woke National Trust scones’ gambit The heritage body’s alleged descent into butter-free wokeness is a storm in an afternoon teacup whipped up by its cultural foes The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2024
25 of the best poetry books to read in 2025 Delve into the hypnotic world of lyrical literature Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2024
The Rising Down by Alexandra Harris review – the joy of Sussex Returning to her native soil, the historian unearths stories from the second world war, the days of the French revolution and the prehistoric era The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024
"My business is to create. It’s what I do." How Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson struck out on his own, got weirder than ever and created some of the boldest music of his career, over 50 years in. Bruce Dickinson has finally dived into the next chapter of his solo career - and it sees him in as creative and determined form as ever Metal Hammer · Mar 4, 2024
Demon bikers, resurrections and ritual sex magic: Bruce Dickinson takes us behind the scenes for The Mandrake Project. "We're going full Hammer Horror" Between Iron Maiden albums, tours, getting his pilot's license and beating throat cancer, it's been a long road for Bruce Dickinson's The Mandrake Project, but it's all proved worth it for one of the most ambitious multi-media releases of 2024 Metal Hammer · Feb 29, 2024
William Blake’s Universe review – polymath’s paintings are outclassed by the Germans A wide-ranging exhibition on the English mystic makes unfortunate comparisons with his European contemporaries who, it turns out, are the far superior Romantics The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024
Black identity, Blake’s intensity and how to dust David – the week in art Plus splashy colourful paintings, Korean colour pencil drawings and Yoko Ono’s huge retrospective – all in your weekly dispatch The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024
William Blake was the emblem of Englishness – but his art was intrinsically European The revered artist barely left London in his lifetime but, as a new exhibition shows, his work was part of a broader European art revolution The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2024 From Bob Marley: One Love to Yoko Ono – a complete guide to this week’s entertainment Kingsley Ben-Adir takes on the reggae role of a lifetime, and the Japanese avant-garde artist gets her due at the Tate
The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2024 Yoko Ono’s bottoms, Frank Auerbach’s heads and visionary new landscapes – the week in art The pop icon finally gets the retrospective she deserves while Tracey Emin and Judy Chicago unpick their textile pieces
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024 Abstracted women, a pop pioneer and a portal into hell – the week in art A global survey of non-figurative female artists, a great Scottish innovator and an installation of angels and flies – all in your weekly dispatch
Metal Hammer · Jan 17, 2024 "The Mandrake Project is possibly the maddest idea in a career full of mad ideas." Bruce Dickinson's new comic book is weird, dark, funny and far more than a rock star vanity project The Iron Maiden frontman has roped in some heavyweight comic book names for his latest endeavour - and it's worked rather well
The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2023 ‘Bloody nonsense’: how Glasgow was cut from the Oscar-tipped film Poor Things The starry new version of Alasdair Gray’s book expunges almost all of its Scottish context. Along the writer and artist’s trail through the city, locals let their feelings be known
The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2023 The best art and architecture shows to visit in 2024 Yoko Ono’s cheeky pieces, a gut punch from Goya and the National’s centenary celebrations will fill the UK’s galleries, while the Louvre’s architect takes his moment in the sun in this stupendous year
Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023 OPINION - London is bleak in winter: but we can still see the light in the city of darkness The first line of the song Cities by Talking Heads is, “Think of London, a small city/It’s dark, dark in the daytime.” That is an American perspective, but as Londoners travel to the station or bus stop and then from work to home again, it does feel like being in…
The Conversation · Dec 11, 2023 How the poetically-charged art of Tacita Dean gives its audience a moment for stillness and time The first time I saw one of Tacita Dean’s monumental film-works it was by chance.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023 Harp: Albion review – former Midlake frontman traipses through twilight Tim Smith’s first album with Kathi Zung takes inspiration from William Blake and the Cure to create a landscape of 80s reverb and ghostly vocals
The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023 John Craxton: A Modern Odyssey review – the wandering painter who blossomed in the light From a dank flatshare with Lucian Freud to the dazzling sun of Crete, the British neo-Romantic blossoms before your very eyes in this irresistible show
The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2023 Classical home listening: Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony; Riot Ensemble’s Vestige The BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds excels in Shostakovich’s intimate penultimate symphony, while new music champions Riot Ensemble explore memory, healing and desire