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At an uplifting event at Roche Court outside Salisbury, to remember and celebrate the life of the artist, John Hubbard, the British Art Historian, Neil MacGregor highlighted John’s combination of ‘voracious, sensational curiosity’, his ‘endless intellectual energy’ and his ‘unshakeable Read more »
Whenever someone begins a sentence with the words ‘I’m no expert but…’ and then proceeds to hold court on the state of the world, or whatever their chosen subject is, there is a strong chance that they wouldn’t want to Read more »
A reading of Andrew Rutherford’s latest play, Prepare to Leave, will be presented at Bridport Arts Centre on April 21st. He talked to Fergus Byrne about the play’s inspiration and the questions it poses. Anyone who saw Gary Oldman’s Read more »
I found myself searching the internet recently to see what cheering things we might look forward to in the coming months. As ever, sporting events were high on many of the lists. The first to feature was the Winter Olympics, Read more »
Depending on whether or not you gain financially or through an efficiency that makes your life easier, you may or may not be a big fan of algorithms. For some they are an intrusion into our privacy and for others Read more »
I gave up sending Christmas cards years ago. At the time I claimed an environmental stance but really it was more to do with cards being one of too many things to do, and besides nobody would notice. I was Read more »
One man’s dream and the hearts and hands of many local craftsmen came together to create a magical place in an enchanted woodland. Fergus Byrne has been to visit The Woodsman’s Treehouse. Photographs by Sandy Steele-Perkins. Once in a Read more »
Christmas might be a time of good will, but it also has its fair share of strange tradition and quite wacky customs. One that always draws a smile is a custom in Caracas, Venezuela. On going to bed on Christmas Read more »
Interviewed by Chris Anderson for a Ted Talk, the journalist and broadcaster, Christiane Amanpour, recalled her first reaction to the ‘internet superhighway’. She had hoped that the advent of a new and widely available method of communication might make the Read more »
I looked up the definition of ‘internet troll’ recently, (people who post inflammatory or hateful comments online) after the Electoral Commission suggested that banning them from voting could help reduce the amount of abuse faced by politicians. The commission’s comments Read more »