Climate Stories at the Science Museum

Pots of coal, Changing Climate Stories, Science Museum The Science Museum has a new art/ history of tech exhibition exploring issues of energy and climate change: Climate Changing Stories. It mixes a few re-interpretations of old exhibits with some dazzling new installations. It weaves through the museum as a whole, plotting new narratives, connecting previously … Continue reading »

Air craft

When I was a teenager, I didn’t have boy band posters on my bedroom wall. I had a tea tray decorated with an oil painting of a giant air craft carrier parked outside St Mark’s Basilica in Venice. There is some history to this rather strange object. Back in the early 50s, my Granny had … Continue reading »

Walking to Brixton

Like many Londoners, I’ve spent a lot of the last week struggling to find meaning in and around the riots. I’ve read the seemingly endless commentaries. I’ve talked to people and ranted at the radio. Mainly though, I’ve done what I’ve always done when I’m sad about something but don’t have any answers: I’ve gone … Continue reading »