Why flower pressing is the uplifting activity we need right now
As I write this, the nation is slowly getting accustomed to the idea of spending our days and weekends at home for the foreseeable future. On the whole, spirits are […]
Category Archives: Thoughts
The language of Japanese colour combinations
I love the pure experimentation of colour by modern abstract artists like Mark Rothko, Josef Albers and Bridget Riley. One of my favourite exhibitions, ever, was by Christina Mackie. Nine-metre-high […]
The Parisian couple preserving the ancient art of hand blown glass
The two master glassblowers that Sébastien learnt from both died years ago. There’s no one else that works with the same philosophy and traditional techniques. Valentina is the co-founder of […]
Tulip Mania & Bloemen, a private view
So I’ve heard that at one time in Amsterdam, a tulip bulb was the same price as a house. The trading of exotic tulip bulbs in the Netherlands is the […]
When you’re in the business of making paint, can you believe that colour is a subjective thing?
When we describe colour, we are poets. Read about someone who creates colour, talk about its essence Michael Harding is a paint manufacturer and handmakes artist’s oil paints. I met […]
Just lines and curves: An interview with Alexa Coe
A London based artist with a background in fashion illustration and a degree from Central Saint Martins. Interviewed by New York magazine, Howl, a bespoke illustrator for Miller Harris perfumer, […]
Wearing a genderless face
I’ve long been an admirer of artists’ line drawings. The minimalism has such an elegance to it. Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse are known for the abstract approach, Picasso used to practise […]
Of all the galleries in Paris
I’ll start with a traditional French coffeehouse and the story of a Mexican surrealist artist. A young English debutant who fled her nouveau-riche family to pursue art and a love affair […]
Hackney Wick Clothes Switch
Vintage fashion contest or amiable exchange? My tips for a successful clothes switch. Stories Behind Things February, Hackney Wick A converted brewery in Hackney Wick sprinkled in bright Sunday morning sunlight. A Gottwood style […]
Home Blindness
Taking the time to be inspired and set resolve. I’ve spent three months writing, re-writing, re-re-writing, going backwards as I chip away editing various blog drafts. Thinning my once animated […]
Posies in Protest
In the aftermath of the magnificent Women’s March, I interviewed two women running their own quiet protest. Bread and Roses is a new social enterprise, teaching refugee women in London the art of […]
Time Consciousness
In my final term at Bristol University, I collected a range of academic ideas from final year students, to be published in Helicon Magazine’s weekly Features column. The idea was to […]
The Paradox of Fiction
Archived from my time at Helicon Magazine, I’m posting one academic project, explained in 200 words, every day this week. Charlie Protheroe (Philosophy BA) reveals why being terrified of a horror film is […]
The Reggae Roots of St Paul’s, Bristol
In my final term at Bristol University, I gathered a range of new academic ideas to be published in Helicon Magazine’s weekly Features column. Every day this week I’ve been sharing my […]
Botswana’s Diamond Trail
For Helicon Magazine I created a column to show off Bristol final year student’s innovative research. Today’s tease is by James Hunt (Politics and Economics BSc). He digs into Botswana’s diamond mines to analyse […]
Why do we fear?
For Helicon Magazine I put together a mini collection of creative research from Bristol University students and I’ve decided to share the most thought-provoking articles on ThinkingHatt this week. Read how Theo Parker (Geography BSc) challenges the […]
Commodity Fetishism
From breakfast to diamonds; time consciousness to reggae. To add to my collection of Bristol’s best digested dissertations, Amelia Butler (Geography BSc) explains why she followed the journey of the apple- from the […]
Predictive Personality Traits
In my final term at Bristol University, I scouted out a range of new academic ideas to be published in Helicon Magazine’s weekly Features column [2MINUTE tease]. Every day this week I’ll […]
No Sweatshops, No Photoshop
An interview with Sarah Beckett, co-founder of Birdsong London. The ethical clothing company with principles of transparency, enterprise and social change. Birdsong sources clothing and accessories from womens’ organisations and charities. […]
The artist with an appetite for colour
An interview with Margrethe Odgaard. Imagine a rural Scandinavian farmhouse with a dreaming, dark-haired girl lazing in long grass. Without a TV in the house and far from popular culture, her […]
