Recording Britain is an exhibition at the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, organised by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. It closes on 26th June 2016. The exhibition shows the work of a range of artists in a scheme set up at the outbreak of the Second World War to employ artists on the home […]
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One of the best galleries in the UK to see the work of Eric Ravilious.
The Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne, Sussex, England holds one of the largest public collections of the work of Eric Ravilious. The Ravilious room is a dedicated space showing a selection of Eric Ravilious’ finest watercolours. Visitors can explore a unique archive, including books on the artist. Eric Ravilious spent most of his time on […]
The Ladybird Books
The history of Ladybird Books goes back to 1914 when UK publishers Wills & Hepworth published their first children’s books, under the Ladybird imprint. These cheap, cheerful and colourful illustrated children’s books evolved and continued to be published until the 1990s. Even after that the Ladybird brand has continued to evolve, and a series of […]
Illustrator Tony Meeuwissen, magical delight
Tony Meeuwissen is one of the UK’s great illustrators. Winner of numerous awards, and with his work in the Victoria & Albert Museum’s permanent collection, he is highly regarded throughout the world of design and illustration. As well as book covers, editorial and advertising design, his work for Royal Mail stamps won him the award […]
The Radio Times doesn’t support illustrators like they used to
In the 1980s a book was published called ‘The Art of the Radio Times, the first sixty years’. In the UK the Radio Times used to be a major showcase for our illustrators. Then it all stopped. Now, most of the Radio Times covers are photo-montages which are generally dull and rather ordinary. Occasionally they […]
Charleston Festival 2016
The Charleston Festival is held at the former home of the Bloomsbury Group artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Situated in the beautiful South Downs in East Sussex, England, the festival has a range of events during May 2016. Their promotional booklet says ‘Where books, ideas and creativity bloom.’ If you have never been to […]
Oz Magazine Goes Digital
The London magazine Oz has been put online as a digital archive by the University of Woolongong. Oz London was founded in the UK in 1967 in the ‘Summer of Love’. Oz magazine was at the forefront of the cultural revolution in the 1960s. It raised issues that nowadays are no longer so contentious such […]