At the Walker’s latest exhibition, C. James Fagan ponders how images serve as a stimulus for individual recollections of memory and history, and asks: are photography and film actually replacing our real memories? One of...
As part of our new publishing collaboration with In Certain Places, here art historian Rosemary Shirley discusses the concept of nature and ‘wildness’ — an interest she shares with artist Rebecca Chesney… According...
He’s investigated psychopaths, extremists, and now the rise of public shaming online. Here, critically acclaimed journalist Jon Ronson speaks to us at length about his new book, how he feels about shaming a...
Heather Garner ventures into Tate Liverpool’s transformed fourth floor and finds a world of folklore and monsters of an equally engrossing and disturbing nature… At first viewing, Leonora Carrington and Cathy Wilkes appear to be...
Sir Peter Blake’s Dazzle Ferry set sail today off the banks of the River Mersey. Heather Garner found her sea legs and discovered a joyous — and ever-so-slightly bonkers — artwork that brings history...
Jospeh Viney gives new associate director Nick Bagnall top marks for setting his adaptation in the confines of a public school… Would it be trite to say that Nick Bagnall’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream...
How do you aesthetically capture the poet’s imagination? Leanne Rimmer visits the National Portrait Gallery’s touring exhibition in Preston to find out… On arrival at the Harris Museum to see Picture the Poet, my...
Helping hands, hands to hold, and being in the wrong hands: Deborah Laing finds a reoccurring theme in FACT’s new exhibition about metal distress that leads her into a simultaneously unsettling and empowering environment… FACT’s new exhibition Group...
Serious about becoming a published arts writer? We announce Round Two of our annual competition – with the Royal Academy’s Tim Marlow — and ask you to step up and #BeACritic… We are...