The other night I phoned my friend after a tiring day’s teaching and asked if he fancied a pint. Sadly he couldn’t make it, so instead I wen...

The time issue I discussed in my last blog entry manifests itself in all sorts of funny ways I found myself thinking today. I’m reminded tha...

'Escalator', John McLean, acrylic on canvas I’m currently enjoying reading monographs on two favourite painters, John Mclean and Joc...

Martin Parr I was in West Bromwich today for a meeting with Multistory director, Emma Chetcuti. Multistory are a West Bromwich based communi...

Bob and Roberta Smith Happy New Year. And to see the year in here is a brilliant letter from Conceptual Artist Bob and Roberta Smith to Vinc...

Shaun Morris, 'Winter Painting', oil on canvas, 100 x 100cms I went for a walk at the Lickey Hills this afternoon. The mist-shrouded...

As the Christmas shopping madness sweeps across the nation, I found myself caught in the blizzard of it all in Birmingham’s Bull Ring the ot...