Nature V Culture Back in Britain with grey days and falling temperatures there are always twinges of regret at leaving our rural idyll in France.  Nevertheless there are many things to look forward to this autumn and many cultural highlights…

Taking Stock Each year during late summer we spend six weeks or so at our house in Western France. It is a time to reflect and a chance to get back in touch with the natural world. Nature has always…

Andalusia: a spectacle of form, colour and pattern Spring is a great time to visit Andalusia and it is about as exotic a place as you can find without leaving Europe. With only a week at our disposal we limited…

Longdog gets a Coat of Many Colours One artist, asked if he believed that great artists need to be good with ideas rather than with their hands, replied that a man who is good with his hands might as well…

Work Currently on Show at: Drawn 2013 23 March – 2 June Royal West of England Academy http://www.rwa.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2013/02/drawn/ Clan Totems: in context 26th March – 21st April 2013 Venue: Nature in Art, Twigworth, Gloucester This exhibition shows a selection of…

Ice Age Art, arrival of the modern mind. 7 February to 26 May 2013 Arguably one of the best exhibitions the British Museum has put together! At the end of February I attended a series of lectures relating to this…