STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
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Mellow submarine
JAN WOOLF is plunged into in a giant goldfish bowl composed of the work of David Hockney
SKINNY-DIPPING: David Hockney, Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)
[Justin Sutcliffe]
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
JAN WOOLF relishes an extensive history of our long relationship to trees in Britain that underlines the current emergency
DIANE WATT argues that while evidence of sex is not there, a 16th‑century lesbian poet could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
David Hockney
Lightroom, Kings Cross, London
COAL DROP YARD, Kings Cross, London, we descend into the Chapel of Saint David.
Four stories deep, a massive cubed room with benches at various angles and soft carpet to sit on. People looking up and around as if having a religious experience.
Well they are.
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