Thoughts on … 80s photography and the Turner Prize at Tate Britain

Thoughts on … 80s photography and the Turner Prize at Tate Britain

It is kind of lovely in a way to get to an age when all the things you grew up with are getting retrospectives, exhibitions, repackages, remakes and remodels, and I enjoyed this week The 80s: Photographing Britain at Tate…

Riba’s ‘Difficult Sites’ exhibition in London is worth 20 minutes of your time

Riba’s ‘Difficult Sites’ exhibition in London is worth 20 minutes of your time

At the weekend I went to see a new exhibition at the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) at their HQ near Great Portland Street called Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds. It isn’t a big show – you can…

Lovely Ladybird books exhibition in St Albans

Lovely Ladybird books exhibition in St Albans

I thoroughly recommend the current exhibition in the St Albans museum about the design and illustration of Ladybird books called The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists. It is free and runs until September. There is lots of original artwork…