Painting modernity

World War 1 transformed Paul Nash’s painting, from the relatively delicate pre-war landscapes to hard angular representations of the war, notably in his “memorial” painting, ‘The Menin Road’. The war seems to have made a modernist of him.

The Atkin-James song book

I have been a fan of the songs of Pete Atkin and Clive James for all my adult life, ever …

Quentin and Roald

I’ve always loved Quentin Blake’s illustrations for Roald Dahl’s children’s books. They are the way we see these stories: the …