Date archive: July 2015
Tickets are still available for courses and lectures at Marlborough College Summer School in Wiltshire. I will be there all next week, Mon 3rd to Fri 7th August, running a Wanderlust course and presenting an afternoon lecture, ‘Cool Images From The Edge’. Visit their website at http://www.mcsummerschool.org.uk/ and have a look at the great events…
I am delighted to be featured in the new Dillington House 2015/16 Brochure, which has recently been published. I will be presenting public lectures and weekend courses in November 2015 and April 2016. I look forward to returning to this wonderful Adult Residential College at Dillington House in Somerset – a beautiful house and formal gardens with origins…
1807.15
I am looking forward to my first appearance at the internationally renowned Marlborough College Summer School, now in its 40th season. I will be running a morning Wanderlust Course from Mon 3rd to Fri 7th August 2015 which will look at the historical and cultural context of Wanderlust, then take guests around the world over the five sessions, visiting…
1707.15
Finished my last illustrated school talk for a few weeks, earlier this morning. A series of 7 talks over the week which went very well, and I am not sure who had the biggest smiles today – the boys or the teachers – as it was the last day of term and the beginning of the…
1507.15
Have returned to Wirral Grammar School for Boys for a 3rd year to present a week of illustrated talks to the Lower 6th Form pupils. It’s a week I look forward to and which the boys seem to enjoy. We have a series of 7 talks this year with diverse subjects from the ‘Incas‘; ‘Whaling in…
‘Another Place’, Antony Gormley‘s fantastic sculpture installation, comprising 100 cast iron figures of himself positioned along 3km of Crosby‘s foreshore and facing out to sea, is 10 years old today. A decade since it was opened to the public, despite some local opposition, which has seen millions flock to see this most creative piece of artwork. I…