Like most Finns, I'm a bit of a Muumin fanatic. It's no wonder, since I grew up with the characters and the TV cartoons. I also passed this love of the simultaneously wise and naive characters created by Tove Jansson onto my children.To celebrate Tove Janssons centenary, the Ateneum Art Museum in … [Read more...]
Alex Gough Erämaa Exhibition
Alex Gough is a talented Finnish/British painter whose work has previously brought me to tears.I first came across Alex through a good friend who's been following his progress for some time. A couple of years ago, she took me to his exhibition at Orion Contemporary Gallery in St James's in … [Read more...]
The play that never was and the Saatchi Gallery in London
I was all set to go and see a sold out play at The Royal Court by Mike Bartlett called 'Love, love, love' yesterday. But as a friend and I approached the theatre there was sign saying the day's performances were cancelled due to 'an unforeseen circumstance'. We stood outside dumbfounded for a … [Read more...]
First day of the Crouch End Festival
In pictures:Festival beer and scotch eggs at The Maynard ArmsGuerilla Bunting gang had been at A Special Interest, one of the Barboot locations.Sold!Me with Wendy Saunders whose wonderful paintingsN adorned the walls of Oddbins.Barboot at The Haberdashery It's all in the detail: the light … [Read more...]
