Local authority cuts to arts budgets are being announced around the country in dribs and drabs, meaning that there’s fresh bad news every few days. Fr’instance, we’ve just been told about the changes Birmingham City Council will be making. A few weeks ago all eyes were on ACE as the government announced how much they’re […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
Advice
Try and make your own film. It is very easy now. It wasn’t in my time but these days home video is not all that expensive and you could start with home video and try and make a story about a sparrow or an earthworm or a hedgehog or a blue tit, and you will […]
It’s not what it looks like
This thing is an mp3 player/memory device sold for audio tours. It’s been built to look like a design classic and is, of course, nothing of the sort. It does fascinate me though and it chimes with something that’s stayed with me since I jotted it down at SXSW last year: If you’re going to copy […]