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£10,000,000 Hockney
Copenhagen, Denmark: An art work which is part of the project SevenMeters, using red blinking LED-light, to symbolise that the world is moving towards a climate catastrophe – 24km of red blinking lights will appear during the climate summit I read ...
Camille O’Sullivan
Last Saturday, Camille O’Sullivan stood on stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall in front of 5,000 people. She wore a black strapless dress, fishnet stockings, and red sequinned shoes. She sang five songs, shook her dark hair loose over her should...
Tracey Emin: “I’m not a good person”
(Independent) Tracey Emin’s latest work deals with the threat of climate change, but she admits she is a “bad advert” for action on the issue. Unveiling her embroidered images of flowers, insects and birds for a Royal Academy exhibition on res...
Top 10 great singers who can’t sing
They are celebrated as great vocalists, but can the likes of Bob Dylan and Tom Waits really sing? Neil McCormick writes in the Daily Telegraph: Bob Dylan: “A voice like sand and glue” in Bowie’s memorable phrase. Contrary to what many of his c...
Smoked haddock baked potato
I suppose this is a kind of variation on the famous omelette Arnold Bennett, which was made with smoked finnan haddock. 2 large baking potatoes 200g smoked haddock enough milk to poach the haddock 100g butter 30g flour 1 tsp English mustard 3-4 tbs...
Tracey Emin: Lady Liberty
Tracey Emin in Manhattan She’s not about to leave Britain as a tax exile – but she is spreading her wings abroad. Tracey Emin gets personal in a New York hotel bed with David Usborne of the Independent “I’m not going to tell anyone how much I...

