
Winter Solstice 2021
A very cold day, a very warm bonfire. Good friends, Christmas cookies and mulled wine and a gentle end to a not-so-gentle year.
A very cold day, a very warm bonfire. Good friends, Christmas cookies and mulled wine and a gentle end to a not-so-gentle year.
The Kelpies in Falkirk have become very famous, but this is a view that you rarely see. It pays to go off the beaten track, away from the crowds. You might be surprised by what you find.
Elandria Williams
2021 I took this image in Berlin and it always makes me smile. Did the graffiti artist lose the plot, or only a few letters? In any case, I hope this is still there on that painted brick wall in a rather staid district of Berlin.
Last night I went to Malmö City Library, to my first indoor cultural event since December 2019. And fittingly, wonderfully, it was Douglas Stuart, talking about Shuggie Bain. As I have written elsewhere, this book is astonishing, a tour de force of love and despair. Acclaimed by critics, loved by readers, translated into a slew […]
… when you wish you had never got out of bed.
As relevant as ever
Bayo Akomolafe
It is May 2021 and the Covid 19 pandemic is ongoing. My dear friend Talita is a doctor in Brazil, working in what she describes as a genocide. This watercolour is my tribute to her and all the other health workers all over the world who are doing more than is humanly possible, every single […]
April 2021. AS the pandemic drags on, my studio has become even more important. Here are some works in progress.