Art, religion and meaning
Last night’s piano recital in a Sheffield church highlighted once again the permeable boundaries between art and religion. The performance—which
Tag: heritage
An artist out of time
I was driving home through the Scottish Borders—like Debatable Lands everywhere, this lovely region is used to strangers—when I passed
A culture of received ideas
Last night was the opening of Bill Ming’s exhibition at New Art Exchange in Nottingham, his first substantial solo show
National Treasures
Gunnie Moberg (1941-2007) was a photographer, painter and designer, born in Sweden and an Orkney woman by adoption. A small
A child’s view of the Miners’ Strike
Yesterday morning, Margaret Thatcher died. Her death has been followed by an explosion of polemic, encomium and vitriol, about what
For the good of the others
‘Inform, educate and entertain’ This week, Radio 4 has been broadcasting a series of 45-minute programmes by Melvyn Bragg under the title The
The Shoreline and the Sea
What is the difference between culture and heritage? It’s a question that has often arisen in my work and which,
