I expect this has been very widely viewed already, but incase anyone hasn't seen it yet, this short film about Gerhard Richter, promotin...

The tender cocoon of capitalism Reeling a little from the time difference, we woke up on our first day in New York and tipped ourselves o...

Walk! Keep walking! Walk until you bleed! As soon as my kids had finished school at lunchtime on December 16th, we ran away to New York f...

Richter postcards A few days ago I went down to London for one of those gallery-visit days when you try to fit in as much as you can and ...

All the photos in this post were taken by my Mum. Above is a view of Richmond (Yorkshire) from the field just along from our house which...

The cover of Matrix journal -- issue containing Olive Cook's biographical essay on Tirzah Garwood  Lesley's wonderful post, Patte...

As I'm such a fan of all things Swedish, I like to read The Local , an online newspaper that tells you Sweden's news in English (the...