Issue 230
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Mar 19, 2024

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A flutter on Orkney arts…

MOVING to the remote Orkney Isles isn't for everyone, but for artist Catherine Wells it was a dream come true. From her first visit to Orkney, she knew she wanted to live there… read more>>

Editorial Comment

ALONGSIDE this column a working musician expresses some of the horror that will be widely felt at the prospect of the city of Birmingham becoming a virtual music-free zone… read more>>

A Smart Search Box can produce better sales results at minimal cost!

THE IMPORTANCE of accurately searching online content of an organisation's website could not be overemphasised as it could help enhance further interests in the business and eventually increase the overall revenue… read more>>

When the music ends…

BIRMINGHAM City Council is proposing shocking and quite unprecedented damage to its classical institutions with cuts to organisations including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), Birmingham Opera Company, Birmingham Royal Ballet, British choir Ex Cathedra and B:Music, which will see all of them lose 50 per cent of their council grants this year and 100 per cent next financial year… read more>>

Painter of war and peace

I'M READING Jessica Kilburn's book Thomas Hennell, The Land and the Mind, published in 2021. It's fascinating, insightful, carefully researched, beautifully produced and illustrated. Matilda Bevan's exhibition 'Vein' at Berwick's Granary Gallery, inspired by Hennell, includes four of his works and some memorabilia… read more>>

Into McTaggart Country

NEXT TIME you find yourself heading south from Edinburgh on the east coast main line, watch out for two striking landmarks to port, just south of Alnmouth; the tower crowning the keep of Warkworth Castle, and the extraordinarily elegant mushroom shaped Morwick water tower… read more>>

Forgotten painter's long life journey from Newburgh-on-Ythan to North Africa

JAMES MCBEY: unrecognised Scottish artistic genius or philandering war artist from the North East who died in Morocco leaving behind many questions unanswered of his rather dazzling unique and unexamined life?… read more>>

Culture wars: shock news from the front – from an insider

THE ARTS COUNCIl is no more. Following a series of high level navel-gazing sessions in partnership with the GROAN (Get Rid Of Art Now) Foundation, an ultra right-wing think-tank, its senior executive voted unanimously to abolish themselves with immediate effect, having taken the precaution of freezing all assets and outstanding grants before being floated offshore to a pension fund in an undisclosed Caribbean tax haven… read more>>

Notebooks' diverse geometric form

PHILIP HUGHES'S Notebooks takes visitors on a contemplative journey, providing a glimpse into the working of a creative mind. This collection of samples of personal notebooks offers an exploration of the author's reflections, thoughts and creative processes, creating an intimate connection between the author and his audience… read more>>

Escape to the art hut in the hills

IF YOU'RE LOOKING to escape the daily hustle and bustle and to indulge your creative side then check out Comrie Art Hut, a new venue for art courses and retreats located in beautiful Comrie, Perthshire… read more>>


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