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A “Gradual and Persistent Loss of Control” that was how it was billed. A dance inspired by Schiele’s art. I was curious. As I walked around the main exhibition space I had noticed the metal platform with shoes magnetically stuck to it, but I paid them little heed. Likewise the corset hanging suspended above the
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Damien Hirst made the news again this week. I guess that is his purpose in life – self-promotion, marketing. This time he was grabbing the headlines after he admitted that some of his art is indeed “rather silly“. Quite. What grabbed my attention more however, was Hirst’s assertion that his work will still be on
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Woke up today to find the sky tinged a bluish hue and the smell of smoke in the air, the smell of burning wood to be precise. The city skyline was obscured by smoke, and familiar buildings had disappeared into the haze. It seemed the city was on fire. But the smell was wrong. This
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Strange kind of day. Easter Sunday always is for me though I suppose. I always have a smothering sense of silence on this day, even when I was kid Easter Sunday felt like this. It is always so very, very familiar in that respect. I think it’s to do with being raised a Catholic. The
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The Prevention Of Terrorism Bill under discussion in the UK begins with an insightful explanatory note by the former UK Home Secretary, David Blunkett. As a precursor to any debate on that rather delicate matter of Human Rights, Blunkett is keen to set the record straight immediately, with a direct and typically matter of fact
