The British folk music revival is the name for two main waves of activity that brought traditional song and dance back into public life: a…
Prospect Cottage is Derek Jarman’s small fisherman’s house on the Dungeness shingle in Kent, bought in the 1980s, where a garden of driftwood, flint and…
John Peel spent nearly four decades on BBC Radio 1 turning personal taste into national discovery, championing punk, reggae, and electronic acts long before they…
To collect art on a budget, set a fixed annual or monthly ceiling, train your eye for free in public galleries, and buy directly from…
The Victoria and Albert Museum began not as a temple of art for art’s sake but as a government instrument to improve British manufacturing after…
Turn off the Georgian calm of St Paul’s Square into Brook Street and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists announces itself without ceremony. The RBSA…
The daily routines of creative people vary wildly, but the documented ones share a few habits: a protected block of hard work (usually early), a…
Courtney Sharpe talks about Surviving in Babylon, a Birmingham drama series drawn from their own life: writing ten episodes alone, the trailer, and what comes…
The best contemporary British painters under 40 include Jadé Fadojutimi, Rachel Jones, Issy Wood, Flora Yukhnovich, Joy Labinjo and Somaya Critchlow, with a younger wave…
You do not need a degree or a licence to direct plays in the UK. Most directors get started by directing student, fringe or community…