IT’S not every day you get to hang your artwork next to that of the Prime Minister. But thanks to St Clare’s Hospice, that’s what will be happening when its…

HALLOWEEN and Bonfire Night have been and gone and the nights are getting darker, which can only mean one thing – the countdown to Christmas has begun! Although my children’s…

I’M half-way through the Cultural Spring’s 10-week Challenge, so I thought I’d give a little update on how things are going so far. The challenge is part of the national…

WILLIAM Morris is a name that takes me straight back to my childhood, having been introduced to his designs while learning about the Victorians in primary school. So I was…

I am by no means a fashionista. The fact that I went to a talk about the legendary designer Yves Saint-Laurent with a massive ladder up my tights proves the point.…

IT’S back to basics in calligraphy class this term, with the focus on foundational hand – aptly named, as it’s usually the first style of calligraphy people learn. It provides…