Clothes do maketh the person. We are all ourselves, essentially a blank canvas to broadcast to the outside world our beliefs and…

Last Respects Rakuko Rubin Translated by Jay Rubin An email from her mother brought Mayu the news that Shota’s mother had died.…

The Edinburgh Festival is a carnival of creatives. A buzzing experience that I have to undertake every year. I have seen some…

There aren’t enough books out there like What About Reb, so be warned that when you finish reading it, you are likely…

We love street art and anything that really makes the environment a brighter place to be. Illustrator Aaron Givens recently won a…

The film channel here in Japan likes to show things in sequence, so it was that I spent a recent winter’s evening…

What an entrance! As you approach The Bluecoat to visit its latest art exhibition – In the Peaceful Dome – the limn of…

I hate shopping. I really cannot stand milling around shiny displays, being subliminally brain-washed into believing that certain objects will enhance my…

It seems every time I look at the ever-flowing social media stream, I am alerted to the death of somebody in the…

There comes a time in any young life where the senses are suddenly open and art of any genus strikes like a…