Love is Enough @ MAO until March 8 ( see if it you can) This exhibition curated by Turner prize winner, Jeremy Deller is also a winner. He told me “Warhol ruined me. In 1986, aged 20 I was at
Flight and the Artistic Imagination @Compton Verney (August 2012) (This review was syndicated ) Compton Verney goes from strength to strength. Its visitor numbers are seventy per cent up on last year and the recently opened exhibition Flight and the
Weimin’s painting of a workman doing a handstand in sight of the Observatory is joyful. I was delighted to see that the editor, Tim Metcalfe had used it on the cover of Oxfordshire Limited Edition. I get great pleasure
I was at the press day for the latest exhibition at the glorious Compton Verney. Gardener/artist Dan Pearson has created a vast Morris inspired wild flower meadow . Compton Verney was the brave creation of castaway Sir Peter Moores.Why brave?
Review of Royal Academy exhibition Weekend 2007 (I am currently writing an Anglo Indian novel inspired by the idea of rediscovering lost history. Many of these sensuous sculptures were destroyed and others lost. ) The skills of that master of
(This review like many others of my reviews for The Oxford Times was syndicated by Newsquest ) Hurry to the Ashmolean and immerse yourself in sub-continental sun-kissed colour. The museum’s latest exhibition Visions of Mughal India comprises 115 paintings collected
Writing for WEEKEND magazine since 2003. My first non- antiques feature in Weekend , the magazine of The Oxford Times - Oxford's equivalent of Time Out, appeared in 2004. The arts editor, Chris Gray, titled it ‘The elegant spirit of our time’. I had
The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter is one of the most significant development projects the University of Oxford has undertaken for more than a century. It is a 10-acre site in central Oxford, bound by the Woodstock Road, Somerville College, Walton Street, Observatory
On the Wild Shotover Ramble on Boxing Day, I found myself musing in front of the oldest oak on the walk, thinking that it was probably just 25 when King Charles held his parliament in Oxford, during the Civil War.
From Russia with Love This landmark exhibition at the Royal Academy (RA) arrived with overtones reminiscent of cold war paranoia. During the on/off period prior to its opening, the Russians exhibited some arrogance. When you see the show lent