More than just wine

There is for me something deeply satisfying in the work involved in building stone walls, stone paths and paved areas. Such work, which can ...

There are so many more paintings (and engravings) that warrant commentary in the Felix Valloton exhibition that is currently showing at the ...

I have just visited the major exhibition of paintings and wood engravings of the Swiss-born (he became French in 1900) artist Felix Valotto...

During the summer of 2012 I was spending a couple of weeks on holiday along the north-western coastal and forest areas of the USA. I had mor...

Richard Ford is currently one of North America's most esteemed novelists, yet his early career as a writer in the late 1970's was...

I have been to two of Eric Bibb's concerts, each time within the context of the Marciac Jazz Festival, which takes place each year i...