Roving reporter

Jim Lambie and The Poetry Club

Sorry the blog is coming over a bit Reporting Scotland while Ros is in Greece, I’ve been up the road. In fact, I’m going to take this chance to exclusively reveal the result of my own Scottish Independence poll conducted while up there (I asked everyone I met what they were voting). Which is…pretty much […]

The Glasgow School of Art

Ironically, I already wrote my love letter to Glasgow School of Art just a few weeks ago here on the blog. I’m writing from Glasgow now. I’m here for a week, during which time I had intended to visit the school for a nostalgic look around. As you probably know, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s famous building […]

Farmiloe Building Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell Design Week

Yesterday I visited Clerkenwell Design Week for the first time. Shame on me – I must have been leaving Jill to do it all in previous years. Anyway, I loved it. It’s full of great design, of course, but small enough to be manageable, buzzy but not heaving.

Rem Koolhaas New York

Holiday reading list

I’m going on holiday in approximately 65 hours time. See ya! Jill will be left holding the fort while I do absolutely nothing for two weeks. When I say do nothing, I plan to go swimming at least 5 times a day, and read for 8 hours a day. I’m also planning to become an […]

Women, art, sexism

Another tv tip for you today. I’ve just been given a heads up about The Story of Women in Art over on iplayer. There are three episodes, so if we all like it I’ve basically sorted out a couple of nights in for you. Or really my friend has. To celebrate, here’a s wonderful photo […]