

Letizia Battaglia: Life, Love and Death in Sicily – a review
Written by Julia Hargitai The currently ongoing exhibition at The Photographer’s Gallery explores the career of Letizia Battaglia...


Finding Privacy in Carol (2015) in Three Acts and Five Restaurants
Written by Amy Lee Act 1. From First Date to First Trip: ‘ ...flung out of space. ’ The restaurant booth is interesting in that it...


A Song for Rudolf III, A Prayer for Marta: Music, Television, and Politics during the Prague Spring
In my previous column, I explored the introduction of musical films into the Czech cultural canon. Originating with the invention of the ‘TV


Elias Canetti, The Tongue Set Free: Remembrance of a European Childhood
Written by Nina Follows An alluringly titled, forty-year-old volume lent to me by a charming stranger at a party, I found myself rather...


Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious
A Journey Through the Playful Imagination of an Overlooked Artist Written by Madeleine Davies Venturing on through the grey, frosty days...


Fragmented Voices: The Parallel Lives and Artistic Visions of Ketty La Rocca and Pauline Boty
Written by Lorena Orlacchio Figure 1: Pauline Boty in the Junior Common Room at the RCA with John Watson and Alan Cooper of The...


The Candy-Coloured Cynicism of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
On its face, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg should be the type of classic movie reserved solely for the so-called ‘film buffs.’


Hot Mess: Love, Shame and Feminism
The Girlhood Balancing Act Written by Lynn Ha For the past few years, in my early twenties, I have spent a lot of time thinking and...


How social media made an accidental performance artist: Gethyn Davies interview
Words by Tien Albert Photos courtesy of Gethyn Davies Gethyn Davies has been a painter his entire life, graduating in 1976 from the Kingston College of Art with an honours in fine art. In 2022, the then 68-year-old started his Instagram account, following a recommendation from a friend at a local gallery. His first videos, in which he described in detail the composition, tonal modelling, and brushwork of his landscapes and expressionist figural pieces, garnered under a hund


Parallel Universe: The World of David Devant & His Spirit Wife
By Pipit Johnson A world of performance, personas, art & magic. Photo of the band in the 90s – image taken from...


