After the Grenfell Tower fire, Londoners’ origins and living conditions are back at the centre of public debate. Whilst the number of...

For Christmas last year I was given a book called Brutal London. It is a ubiquitous publication, seemingly present in all gift shops and...

Vanessa Bell 1879–1961, Design for Omega Workshops Fabric, 1913, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, Image: 53.3 × 40.7 cm, Yale...

When fiction attempts to incorporate art and artists, it can often end badly. Descriptions of the act of creating can read like bad...

Illustration by Anna Seibæk Torp-Pedersen The current Giselle at the London Coliseum is a revival of Mary Skeaping’s traditional...

Illustration by Anna Seibæk Torp-Pedersen With the recent passing of Richard Adams, an author, father and service man, I wanted to bring...

City of Hope, Mehdi Ghayanloo (Image courtesy of the Howard Griffin Gallery) Having just finished a solo show with the Howard Griffin...

Illustration by Anna Seibæk Torp-Pedersen I rarely like to watch films that don't promise to have me gasping for air with laughter, or...

Arthur Streeton, ’Ariadne’, 1895, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Raise your hand if you knew there was an Australian...

La La Land, Illustration by Brittany Richmond The Rio Cinema on Kingsland High Street, the art deco pride of Dalston and favourite of...