I have walked past William Morris’ former house on the river bank in Hammersmith many times and always wondered what it was like inside but, since it is now a private dwelling, I never expected to ...

Born in Brockley, Dorothy lived with her parents, her elder sister and younger brother for most of her life. After training as an Art teacher, she taught at a school in the north west of England for ...

The crowdfund for Tessa Hunkin’s Hackney Mosaic Project book closes at midnight next Saturday May 17th ...

When I visited Harry the Pencil in Mile End once, he showed me this modest little sketchbook that he filled when he was working in Great Sutton St, Clerkenwell, undertaking a single half hour drawing ...

And that brings me to this story – a shaggy-dog tale for Christmas and my favourite of all the yarns that Timo used to spin. “Do you want to hear the story about a ghost and the bravest girl in London ...

London Fire Brigade has a collection of paintings by the ‘Firemen Artists’ – including some women – who witnessed the terror and turmoil of the Blitz, and documented it in an extraordinary body of ...

Today is the eightieth anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, May 8th 1945, ending the Second World War. A new exhibition on this subject, PATCHED NARRATIVES by Sarah Gray, Laura Roberts Bevan, Sarah ...