Before suffragettes, before girl power and way before #MeToo, there was Artemisia, a woman who triumphed over tyranny and achieved global fame in the male-dominated world of Baroque art. The Na...
In the latest That’s Not My Age podcast I chat to the award-winning journalist and author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown about her esteemed career. The first regular columnist of colour on a national n...
As we stumble into Covid Winter, it’s good to have a plan. So, I’ve been thinking about what got me through lockdown earlier this year: Yoga With Adriene (still doing it), mastering the ar...
This spring, the global pandemic prompted record numbers of people to plant for the first time. Whether it was the fear of global food shortages or to stave off lockdown boredom, most we...
I have no idea why it’s taken me so long to pick up an Ann Patchett book. After reading her latest novel The Dutch House in lockdown, I’m now bingeing on Patchett’s back catalogue (t...
Now some museums and galleries are open again, it’s time to tentatively venture forth on public transport. Masked-up and hand-washed within an inch of sanity.
Last week, my cousin and I were musing about how this ‘time-out’ has increased our desire to create a more humble, relaxed life by the sea – perhaps in one of the Blue Zones. These are ha...
‘It’s increasingly clear to me that to maintain a sense of wellbeing and calm in today’s world we need to take decisive steps to cut out the overwhelm, whether from our phones, email...
Those of us who are fortunate enough to be safe and well and staying at home have had a lot of time to survey our work-life surroundings. Cleaning, clearing and de-cluttering cupboards and drawers, in...
While I’ve probably spent more time studying other people’s bookshelves on the news recently than actually reading, looking away from a screen is rewarding. Which is why I’m surprise...
Museum and art gallery doors may be closed, but there are plenty of online resources for Armchair Gallery-Going. And as the curator of 16th century art at The National Gallery, Dr Matthias Wive...
For the last six weeks Thursday evenings have been sacrosanct. I’ve been glued to the TV watching, Secrets of the Museum – the revelatory documentary series on BBC2 about what goes on behind-t...
