Pour Noël, j’aurais aimé des vacances

Nous arrivons à la fin du mois de juillet, et je ne suis toujours pas en vacances. Inutile de dire que si je ne fais pas bientôt une pause, je vais fondre comme… Read More →

Winter pictures in the run up to spring

One swallow summer does not make. One ray of sun and chirpy sounds spring do not make, I suppose. And yet, although I have been confined to my room for a number of… Read More →

Portraits from Under the Spotlight

I have stacks of pictures gathering virtual dust on my hard drive. I hope to get round to sorting them someday. In the meantime, here is a shortlist of my favourite portraits so… Read More →

What if not conforming were the ultimate cliché?

A couple of weeks ago, I spent about half an hour at the newsagent’s, flipping my way through the glossy pages of the higher end fashion mags. They all have something in common:… Read More →

“Bravery never goes out of fashion”

Time, in the shuffle repeat world of music, can  go by extremely slowly. We still stuck listening to the Beatles, traditional folk songs and Beethoven. Time, in the molto allegro world of music,… Read More →

Music to your eyes? Photoshoots of ’09.

I have been looking for a job of late, and, as most job seekers would know, that tends to weigh down on one quite a bit. My social life has gone from dismal… Read More →

La Fiac 2009 – a foray into contemporary art

28 euro makes for a pretty hefty entrance fee for a fair. On the other hand, one gains access to current or future collectors’ items. Miro, Picasso, Hirst, de Stael, I won’t even… Read More →