Lunch atop a Skyscraper has become one of the world’s most iconic photographs. The snap of eleven workers sat on a steel girder during construction of the Rockefeller Centre, New York in 1932 has been subject to countless parodies over the years. The Simpsons, the...

It started with sewing... I used to draw a lot as a child, but my true passion was needlework. This continued into adulthood. I would tailor my own clothes, regularly travelling into London to buy fabrics from Liberty or John Lewis, so that everything I created was...

My dad was a part-time artist, but art didn’t interest me much when I was growing up. Perhaps I was playing the part of the rebellious teenager, refusing to study art as my father felt that I should. Whilst I was good at drawing, I did little aside from copying LP...

During her University days, Hollie Rogers stumbled upon an interesting musical combination. She found that the lyrics of The Blower’s Daughter, the best known song by her favourite songwriter, Damien Rice, made a pleasant companion to the tune of No Surprises by...

Turquoise is, apparently, a very trendy colour at the moment. One fashion magazine recently declared that it is now “okay to use turquoise”, to the great relief of Aston Villa football club, parakeets and tropical island beach resorts. It’s also timely for Keith and...

On the first Wednesday of every month, Freddy Woods and his Big Band squeeze into a room at Horsham Cricket Club for a night’s entertainment that has been called ‘Horsham’s best kept musical secret’. The band, including vocalist Sarah Prichard, perform numbers by the...

Every picture tells a story, goes the old saying. When it comes to art, the stories in some pictures are very much open to an individual’s metaphoric interpretation. But that is not the case with the work of Claire Phillips. Claire uses her talents for art to...