‘I the sculptor am the landscape’ – Barbara Hepworth’s Roots of Stone
This year London houses a major retrospective of the work of Barbara Hepworth alongside her friend and contemporary Henry Moore…
Replete by Maggie Butt
Replete Enough of beauty – I have devoured small boats curtseying at anchor, green palace-dotted hills swarming the spice-scented shore…
O Brittania Where Art Thou? An interview with Mohammad Zahoor
by Steven O’Brien This interview originally appeared on The Huffington Post. Mohammad Zahoor is a Ukraine-based British businessman and publisher of the…
Exile by Manash Bhattacharjee
Exile “I rested my mouth on your memory” ~ Yannis Ritsos, from Diaries of Exile [In the event of Greece…
Review of ‘The Trial’ at The Young Vic
‘The Trial’ at The Young Vic Rory Kinnear embodied the frantic Josef K masterfully. In this adaptation by Nick Gill,…
Evening Light
Evening Light Brave bat in a bowler hat Blood shot eyes question What time does this light Depart? The light…
Interview with Reif Larsen
American novelist Reif Larsen is the author of New York Times bestseller The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet. The…
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
The First Bad Man by Miranda July Cheryl Glickman — isolated, alone and with no true friends to speak of…
Giggles by Evdokia Charalampous
With her eyes closed she has been staring at the lamps on the ceiling for days. By now they must…
‘Just Books and Language’ – Interview with Abel Cutillas by Heather Wells
‘Just Books and Language’ – Interview with Abel Cutillas, co-owner of Llibreria Calders, Sant Antoni, Barcelona by Heather Wells Bernat…
Five Bullets for Sabeen Mahmud by Manash Bhattacharjee
“Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?” ~ Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze Sabeen had a list of crimes…
Portraits of Artists and Friends – John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent – Portraits of Artists and Friends, National Portrait Gallery 12 February – 25 May 2015 If you…
Princess Ida
Princess Ida, Finborough Theatre, Until 18th April 2015 One’s first experience of seeing a play at Finborough theatre is really rather charming.…
Into the Blue by Alison Lock
A bee is trapped behind the curtains––its silhouette circles the head of a printed flower. Edith pulls her arm free…
The Cult of Isaac by M. G. Stephens
THE CULT OF ISAAC We all know about Abraham, the great religions emanating from his skull, but what about Isaac,…
Miss Saigon by Heather Wells
Miss Saigon, Prince Edward Theatre, January 2015 Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Miss Saigon, currently on at the Prince Edward…
Interview with Senior Curator Daniel Robbins
Heather Wells interviews Daniel Robbins, Senior Curator of the Leighton House Museum talking about the current exhibition, A Victorian Obsession. …
For Calcutta by Manash Bhattacharjee
As I leave for Calcutta I think the city Always that other city Its river Ganga Always my other river…
At the Nursing Home by Leland James
—inside an old man vacant by the window Hold me occasionally for the light is fading and I can no…
Back to Painting – Danny Fox
Danny Fox, Back to Painting It’s a strange time in the history of the visual arts avant-garde right now. So…
Virginia Woolf – Art, Life and Vision
Virginia Woolf – Art, Life and Vision Virginia Woolf viewed greatness as a “positive possession”. In her mind greatness was…
Different Faces by Manash Bhattacharjee
“I wonder sometimes where people store all their different faces.” ~ Trina Nileena Banerjee The face he wears every morning…
Truth and Memory at The Imperial War Museum
Truth and Memory at The Imperial War Museum The walk from Waterloo station to The Imperial War Museum is…
Two Hundred Twenty a Kilo by Nabarun Bhattacharya, translated by Manash Bhattacharjee
(Homage to Karl Marx) Nabarun Bhattacharya (23 June 1948 – 31 July 2014) On the floor of a slaughterhouse A…
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