bbc.com/travel/article…

“I met you & all the past
In the obsolete heart came to life.”

Thank you to the fantastic Angela Hewitt for this remote collaboration. Together we play I Met You. Tyutchev’s poem is thought to have been set to music by Leonid Malashkin (1842-1902). BBC Radio 3 Angela Hewitt

It was the 'Way Out' signs pointing to each other which made me take this shot today at Ravenscourt. But I find the shot as a whole to be aesthetically pleasing which was a total accident! What do you think?

The Mail in 1991 when Panorama revealed John Manor was on the electoral register at a house where he never lived.

The European city tours of slavery and colonialism theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Yes yes yes.

Some news. Mark Gatiss 💙 and I have been writing this for the past year: shooting begins this month. Prepare to fall in love with Book. deadline.com/2024/04/mark-g…

'We're not going to lie down' — the houseboat residents fighting for their rights at Chelsea Reach - Evening Standard apple.news/ArA_Z0GZnRduep…

European Writers Festival in May ⁦British Library⁩ 30 authors discuss the literature defining Europe today. europeanwriters.co.uk/news/european-…

The BALTIC gallery in Gateshead got 1400 submissions from local artists for it's Open exhibtion. 100 artists were chosen. The youngest person that submitted in this exhibition is 11 years old and the oldest is 83.luxe-magazine.co.uk/2024/03/fenwic… Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Birds, Bees, Bikes & Trees, an ambitious three-year partnership between Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art & North East Young Dads & Lads helping dads to build skills, confidence and support community's connection with nature in an urban environment.baltic.art/news-and-media…

I saw The Tailor of Inverness in Edinburgh. Brilliant piece of storytelling about migration and family secrets set between Poland, Ukraine and Scotland. Definitely worth seeing. Coming mid-May to Finborough Theatre theatre in London

The hope of a new future in ‘Another Place.’

‘Another Place' by Antony Gormley at Crosby Beach.

My interview with the amazing Antony Gormley. Such a talented and thoughtful artist

Help save Bush Hall much loved live music venue in Shepherds Bush crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-mu…

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy. That’s more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding for creative arts at university level is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic…

Because the producer of BACK TO BLACK, Alison Owen, is also developing my most recent novel The Three Graces for TV, I'm going to the premiere next week! I live close to where Amy Winehouse lived in Camden, and used to see her walking around. Such a loss.

Creative arts courses at English universities face funding cut This is insane - the creative arts - soft power -are this country's future when AI will be doing everything else theguardian.com/education/2024…

Creative arts courses at English universities face funding cut theguardian.com/education/2024…