‘Underwater, All Pretension Falls Off’: Below the Surface with Barbara Cole
How do you paint a picture of timelessness? How do you capture the feeling of being weightless? Stand before the work of Barbara Cole and you’ll see…
Chasing A Rainbow: Bridging Illusion and Reality
We all know what lies at the end of a rainbow — that proverbial pot of gold, that something much sought after but impossible to attain. But how do rainbows come about, and what lies at their origins?
Audiobooks: the Allure of Streaming Stories
The pioneering force behind audio storytelling in the UK was the Royal National Institute for the Blind, who wanted to make literature available to the blind and the partially sighted…
‘Music is a Great Leveller’: Julius Drake on Partnerships in Classical Music
Pianist Julius Drake is the perfect person to talk to on the subject of partnerships in classical music: one of the finest instrumentalists in his field, he has collaborated with many of the world’s leading artists…
Empowering Photographers: How Togge is Democratising Art Curation
Meet Togge – a brand new online photography hub that has set out to change things with a simple, democratising recipe: by bringing the focus back solely to the quality of the artwork…
‘Heart-Space Grown Out Beyond Us’: on Music and Sharing
While recorded music is now more accessible than ever, and while computers and even robots can churn out tunes, the attraction of a live performance has not withered…
The Ear Takes Notes: on Music and Memory
Music is a kind of magic. Occasionally it works like a time machine, transporting you back to special moments or places in your past. At times, music comforts you like a friend ― at others, it can evoke within you a searing pain you thought you’d already forgotten…
Fair Game? The Hunters & Gatherers of Photography
The difference between paparazzi and street photographers resembles that between hunters and gatherers…
Green Eyes: Myths, Migration and Melanin
But why did green eyes become considered as specifically mystical? One probable explanation is that they are so rare: less than two percent of the world’s population are estimated to have green eyes…
Tove Jansson: More than Moomins
The year 2017 will bring the work of Tove Jansson – Finnish painter, writer, comic strip artist and creator of the internationally famed Moomins – to London…