Oxford publisher Basil Blackwell was known as the ‘Gaffer’ and has his personal library on display near a featured exhibition of books curated by Sir Thomas Bodley in the Bodleian library. Bodley founded the library that is showing off some brand new architecture that envelops the outside. The new additions to the Bodleian […]
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Ed Paschke shows how blurred boundaries provide a useful resource to build strong relationships from. The warmth from the faces such as ‘Hilda’ stare brazenly out at the viewer and could be attested to the close ties Paschke built with colleagues in his studio who supported his creative process. It is hard to know where the […]
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This month the gallery at Modern Art Oxford has a juice bar at the centre of the building to celebrate a new exhibition that looks at how we are never truly private when we walk outside. The barriers between what is personal and what is public are investigated by placing iPads as cameras in garden […]
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The last few moments of this years Oxford Literary Festival fooled me. A few pieces of the past were still strewn about town as I walked through but alas the amazing event has just left town. Thankfully an exhibition in the Vaults cafe celebrates the buzz of the festival that has […]
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Music on The Water is an exhibition in Galway City Museum of paintings by Artist Maurice Quillinan. Based in Kildare, Quillinan studied Art at Limerick and later the Royal College of Art. His work is held in private collections across the globe. I got lucky and stumbled on a site specific portrayal of […]
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Lately being late to leave the library has taught me a few things! Don’t eat that Donut With a detox straight out of the box comes a beauty shot like a bullet to the heart. When you’re starved the head pulls a text book apart. Only cheese makes life easy. Now that I know what love isn’t joy […]
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Flipping light A long streak of white moon slides drops of silver on to a hairy earth. When a sly street lamp scatter guns neon candy it bounces off unsuspecting geometric symmetric random roof tops. Neglected horizons fall in line for sunrise. Everything too tall to beat to the bird song Is painted orange. […]
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This photo was taken near a well and reminds me of the region of Wales where Saint Dynwen’s story began. Tomorrow is the patron saint of Love’s day of celebration. This celtic Saint has her own island devoted to her near Anglesey in Wales where floral tributes are left. My new […]
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Water Cycle by Lita Doolan CAST Lou – a journalist Fritz – a young sculptor A fiction set in the work room of a young sculptor. A journalist tries to get his secrets. (Fritz sits alone upstage right reading a letter. He hunts for a CD on his person and […]
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Winter knocked on the door of the tall house. In the forest all was lost except the tiny puppy. The starving dog found a home in the old kennel left by an owner who had moved after the land was sold by the Duke. The hunting dogs at the Palace were prepared […]
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