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Goodbye to A.S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt died yesterday, aged 87. She had what people will say was ‘a good innings.’ I wonder why we feel that cricket is the appropriate metaphor…
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Katy Wheatley
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Jack Of All Trades Amongst The Chickens
More Thoughts About Pauline Boty and art
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Katy Wheatley
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Pauline Boty by Marc Kristal
With a healthy dollop of Ali Smith
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Katy Wheatley
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Prospect Cottage
The miraculous thing about any kind of art is that it survives long after the person who made it is gone. Their body of work is a time capsule that…
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Katy Wheatley
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Charleston
On Sunday we decided to go further afield. I had been wanting to visit Sarah Raven’s garden at Perch Hill for many years. It was an hour and a half away…
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Katy Wheatley
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The Waiting Room by Sarah Sze
Thanks to Katy Hessel
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Katy Wheatley
News of Pelicans and Parmigiana with an Art Chaser
After my family left on Thursday, I wasn’t entirely sure what to do with myself. A calm descended and the urge to go back to bed was strong but the urge…
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Katy Wheatley
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