It was, in retrospect, what people call a “pivotal album.” The Colour of Spring, Talk Talk’s third full-length release, appeared initially to be a straightforward development from the band’s previous recordings – artfully crafted pop delivering global hits – and yet pointed bravely towards something unexpected, something decidedly un-pop. One could see the footprints the band had left along the… Read More >
Ulysses is a series of collages by illustrator Miles Donovan. Inspired by an unexpected sequence of short broadcasts from a missing space probe, over a year after losing contact with Earth. Donovan’s blog post wryly claims — “The scrambled transmissions have been painstakingly pieced back together and are displayed here for the first time”. Ulysses was designed to study the Sun as a joint venture between NASA and the European Space Agency. The mission ended on More—
Painter and illustrator Frank Laws is a former bricklayer, whose meticulous photo-realistic depictions of the brick-built council estates that surround him in East London are a testament to his deep interest not only in the imperfections of the way the bricks are laid but also to the small personal details left behind by their inhabitants—
