Opinion
Why we should get excited in museums
About a year ago, I visited my friend Steven Parissien at Compton Verney, where he is the director, to see the exhibition of English landscapes he had curated. It was a rich, lovely show and, as we wandered from room to room, we became quite animated. At one point, we were approached by someone who …
Using art to connect people to their heritage
The statistics used to define poverty and social exclusion in the city of Derry/Londonderry are stark. It is the third most deprived local authority out of 26 in Northern Ireland and ranked fourth in the UK in terms of child poverty. Yet the city should not be judged on these statistics alone; its population is …