Dora Maar and Kara Walker two women artists to see at Tate Modern
According to the Financial Times, ‘ 2020 promises a revolution for women in art.’ Hooray.
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We love Laura Dern
Who hasn’t been a Laura Dern fan since David Lynch’s 1986 film Blue Velvet? The award-winning actor added another Golden Globe to her collection this week, taking the tally up to five.
New Year, Same You (no more guilty resolutions)
I only made two resolutions this year. The first was I wouldn’t feel guilty about the fact I’d eaten too much, drank too much and moved too little over the Christmas period.
That’s Not My Age Podcast Episode 10: Meredith Gunderson on meditation & staying calm at Christmas
‘I’d be a human puddle without meditation,’ says spiritual teacher and expert in mindfulness and meditation Meredith Gunderson. Born in Buffalo, New York, Meredith first started medi...
Christmas gifts with benefits AND a National Art Pass giveaway
Most of us, including our nearest and dearest, don’t need any more stuff. This year we’ve welcomed Greta Thunberg, managed Second-Hand September and are cutting down on consu...
Kiki Smith: an artist at the top of her game
Kiki Smith is a New York-based artist whose oeuvre moves from photographs, to drawings, to printmaking to small sculptures and most impressively since 2012 to large scale tapestries. If you want to se...
Creative Women at Work: Journalist and International Editor Lindsey Hilsum
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News’ International Editor. An award-winning war correspondent who has covered many conflicts throughout her career; including Iraq, (she was in Bagdad during the US ...
That’s Not My Age Podcast Episode 8: Debbie Bliss
I’ve known my next podcast guest, Debbie Bliss, for many years. We met last century when I was a fashion assistant stepping in for the fashion editor to style one of Debbie’s knitting patt...
The Age-Well Project: why keeping the brain busy is important as we get older
As we get older we need mental stimulation more than ever. The good news is it can be a lot of fun, and unleash creative opportunities, say the authors of The Age-Well Project, Susan Saunders a...
A brilliant Bridget Riley exhibition at the Hayward Gallery
The largest retrospective of Bridget Riley’s paintings comes to London this autumn, fresh from National Galleries Scotland. Riley is now 88-years-old and this is seven decades of work by one of ...
Diversity in the fashion industry: a panel discussion at the National Museum of Scotland
Diversity in fashion is a conversation that I’ve been involved in for many years. As a part-time senior lecturer in Fashion Journalism, I contributed to several research projects at university ̵...
Keeping the holiday vibe alive
Midlife is hectic and demanding. One of my aims since returning from Italy in July, has been to try to bring the holiday vibe into everyday life.
