Opening the Mozart Pavilion
Theatres tend to be beautiful spaces, created with all the skill that architects, carpenters, plasterers and painters can summon. And
I Remember: Leicester
The books have arrived, and I’m making 12 parcels of authors’ copies and more for people who’ve helped along the
An unexpected revival
As I worked on it, I realised that it is another Regular Marvel, the simplest, easiest but in some ways the most beautiful yet
Summer’s lease
With the publication of A Wider Horizon ten days ago, this phase of the Regular Marvels idea draws to a
A Wider Horizon – now available
A Wider Horizon is available from today. To download a digital copy, please click on the link below: Download A
A Wider Horizon: First words
The regular marvels of rural touring Rural touring schemes are a quiet triumph of the British arts world. For 35
A dialogue of stories
Designing the regular marvel books is always enjoyable. Visual judgements involve a different part of the mind to writing, and
Books can take care of themselves
I once bought a six-volume set of Clarendon’s History of the Rebellion. It had been printed in 1717, less than
The difference between enjoying and participating
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted and adopted very fast, between 1946 and 1948, by nations reacting
Flowers for Kazuo Ohno (and Leonard Cohen)
Is artistic excellence really incompatible with social purpose? It’s an argument I’ve heard throughout my working life but it has
A perfect delight
A delight in useless beauty is part of what makes us human. Walking down a street in Mannheim yesterday, I
