London Art Fair at Business Design Centre, Islington, London
This excellent art fair, now in its 32nd year. Is a good showcase to see modern and contemporary art of our time, and buy if you like what you see. The fair’s director is the charming and elegant Sarah Monk who enjoys her role with obvious joy and pride; as well she might for what […]
Photo London 2019
Photo London 2019 at Somerset House Each year for the last five, Photo London has just got better. Also bigger as it seems to have taken over the whole of London’s majestic Somerset House in The Strand. Michael Benson and Fariba Farshad opening Photo London 2019 rganisers Michael Benson and Fariba Farshad have been surprised […]
A Book of Influence
We are all influenced by the images we see right through our lives and as a photographer I have been highly influenced with my travel photography by one particular book, ‘London – city of any dream’ by German photographer Erwin Fieger. When I was in my early 20s I came across this book in my […]
“Keep changing, Connect with everything, Continue forever”
The Mitsubishi Japanese Galleries at the British Museum reopened on 27 September. They are situated in what was described as a ‘loft conversion’, albeit a rather upmarket one, and they have been closed for nine months being refurbished. Both the floor and ceiling have been replaced with pine and cherry wood respectively and much attention […]
The Camden arts Centre
Back in the early 1980s I did a silkscreen printing course at Camden arts Centre, then I went again as a visitor a few times in from the mid 90s up to several years ago and the place was much the same. But a visit the other day had me confused because it was totally […]
Lesley Downer – “When East and West Collided”
At UCL – University College London – London’s leading multidisciplinary university, with 11000 staff and 35000 students, author, novelist and journalist Lesley Downer gave a brilliant and spirited talk, “When East and West Collided”, on the 150 Year Anniversary of Meiji Restoration to an attentive audience in spite of the sauna like heat in the […]
Daphne Selfe’s 90th Birthday Party
I was delighted to be invited to supermodel Daphne Selfe’s 90th birthday party at an open-air rooftop venue in Shaftesbury Avenue, the Century Club, just right for the hot, sunny weather. Daphne is the world’s oldest working fashion model, she started her career in 1949 when she was 21 and has graced the pages of […]
Japan in London
Within the space of seven days I attended four different Japan events in London, something I’ve never done before and will probably never happen again. I was invited to the London press launch of The Ryokan Collection, five star accommodations in Japan. Ryokans are traditional Japanese inns in which you step into their culture and […]
‘Witness for the Prosecution’ at London’s County Hall
The setting could not have been better for this production, the octagonal Council Chamber in London’s County Hall, previously the home of London County Council then Greater London Council with ‘performers’ such as Ken Livingston. Opened by King George V in 1922, the audience enters this Twenties opulence from the minute they walk in, ascend […]
Evening at the Museum
The invite was good; an evening for the launch, with a friend, of the new-look British Museum online shop, to explore the Collecting the World gallery out-of-hours, meet the artisans and designers behind the unique products and to enjoy complimentary drinks and canapés. After going through the bright and well-lit shop, attempting to display in […]