I have to admit to being a fan of all things German, so you can imagine my irritation when in every TV programme or YouTube post I’ve...

Shopping is getting back to normal and we now know what cost society is prepared to put on that luxury: 800 deaths / week. Given that our...

'An idea of a view' I’ve just visited the fabulous new exhibition of Frank Bowling paintings, (open until 26th September 2021) comprising...

Reasons I will not be engaging with the fashion for Artists to create Art as Non-Fungible Tokens! While the idea behind NFTs was, and is,...

It is the 60th anniversary of the building of the Berlin wall: a moment when the whole of European politics changed and the threat of...

Im delighted that three of my paintings will be shown in Zurich as part of the Artbox Project in the Swiss Art Expo (dates 25-29th August...

As Black Monday wiped £50,000m off the value of shares on the London stock exchange, Rick Astley released "Never Gonna Give You Up" and...

Twelve of my photos of trees taken during the lockdown of November 2020 to April 2021 are now published (See also my January blog on Tree...

Its great that galleries are opening up again and I've been to see a few socially distanced shows( RWA, That Art Gallery and Centrespace )...

Emerging from this third lockdown has set me thinking about whether I could have managed the year better. It started with good...

Irony at work. I saw these books in shop windows as I was taking a recent permitted exercise break from my laptop: either people are off...

So, what’s the difference between the vigil held for Sarah Everard attended by 100’s of women wanting to peacefully assemble with other...

I've been baking bread for years, starting with the basic albeit brick heavy white pan loaf from Mollie Weir's brilliant all purpose...

When That Art Gallery in Bristol closed on March 23, 2020 for the first COVID-19 lockdown, gallery owner Andy Phipps issued an 'open...

I really miss the feel of an art gallery; virtual galleries are fine but they cant compare to the feeling of standing in front of a...

With the absence of venues in which to arrange shows of my work, I decided to enter as many awards and exhibitions ( both real and...

I thought that I’d try making gin; partly as a displacement activity during lockdown, partly because of the proliferation of micro...

In response to the toppling of Colston’s monument in Bristol, our Government have just announced that they will protect the ‘national...

Given the lack of available people to photograph I thought I'd try photographing trees and rather than documenting the particulars of a...

One of the effects of pandemic induced lock-down is the dissociation one gets from the ordinariness of existence and the joy found in...