"I walked miles all over the city, at any time of the day or night", wrote Peggy Guggenheim in 1936 as she visited Venice alone after the...

I know, I know, it's a bit late, but for some reason everything's been very hectic. Our London Week began, joyously with the group back in our beloved space in The National Gallery - which is not to say that our three years at The ICA were not fantastic... We were welcomed, on the first day, by the wonderful Sir Gabriele Finaldi, director of The National Gallery, and then we launched into a series of presentations with subjects ranging from Fawaz Gerges' discussions of the em

Having had an amusing but confusing evening with my landlady and her fascinating group of poets, academics and critics who sail under the...

After weeks of fretting, packing, unpacking, repacking, changing my mind, more fretting and really, wondering if I'm being ridiculous,...

For anyone who is thinking of asking me to come and give an Arts Society talk, here is a brief introduction