After a transatlantic flight, a paddle in the ocean is just the tonic. After the prerequisite Starbucks pit-stop my driver pulled up outside my hotel and I found myself gleefully close to the shore. I began my trip at The … Continue reading →

What were you doing in February 1962? Buying the latest Mary Quant dress, wondering what this new fangled ‘hippy’ business in the States was, or perhaps you were readying yourself to be the glint in your mothers future husbands eye…either … Continue reading →

At this time of year when it’s generally freezing cold and raining, spending hours inside with your little darlings (when they are not being so darling!) can drive you crazy, so this week I was excited to march my energetic … Continue reading →

The Leading Fair for Contemporary Ceramics, now in its eighth year! This is the opportunity to meet 78 leading makers from Britain and abroad, to see their works and buy the perfect one-off piece of art. An essential destination for … Continue reading →

Since catching the then, unbeknownst to the photographer, Home Secretary on film (off guard and sleeping) at Heathrow in 1959, Terry O’Neill has gone on to become one of the best known photographers in the UK. With Screen Sirens & … Continue reading →

The last night of Chelsea Theatre’s SACRED season presented the electric performance duo Othon & Tomasini along with supporting act Laura Moody and a guest appearance by Marc Almond. As Laura Moody began the night with her cello, her experimental … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year again where we all eagerly anticipate the annual mini art-buying extravaganza of Royal College of Art’s most cutting edge postcards for what will be the18th year in a row! What an accolade it is to … Continue reading →

The September issue is not the most coveted magazine edition for nothing. September is simply the best month in the year. True, there are selfish reasons: it is my birthday and anniversary month. But it is also the start of … Continue reading →

From her first commission at eighteen to the recent sale of First Light to an apartment at One Hyde Park (where asking prices are upwards of £6,000 per square foot), Maria Luisa Hernandez has fulfilled her dream of becoming an … Continue reading →

Michelangelo Pistoletto turns the Serpentine Gallery into an avant-garde maze with his new exhibition The Mirror of Judgement. Winner of the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2003, Pistoletto challenges the viewer to self-reflect as … Continue reading →