Due to a delayed flight I spent an unexpected overnight stop in pitch darkness at Palermo. I was not alone, the route to the city was jammed. There was plenty of time to take photos. Looking at them now it feels like I visited two different places though my heart sees one. […]
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The thrift store was somewhere my Auntie found a last gasp of job satisfaction after caring for people one to one for most of her life. Now she was helping people with pain indirectly it seemed to take the weight off her shoulders. She looked younger and wore a lot of pink. The shop […]
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My week at in the Urbino Valley of central Italy came to an end. There was a thump to the floor and the rhythms felt bold. They made this sound. Tiny pebbles dance like ash smashing through fire flies hitting the aimless darkness as the valleys show partygoers how to echo their desires […]
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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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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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