Al Goldstein (RIP), lovable, despisable, annoying crackpot pornographer built the Screw empire and then saw it crumble in the ...

And on this December day, it was a real humdinger of a show, with the Pink Diamond Revue kicking off and then more weirdness ...

Since the food ran out, we’ve made do with reproductions of famous paintings, with the affluent one per cent commissioning ...

Slavko Kopač. The Hidden Treasure. Informal Art, Surrealism, Art Brut, ed. Roberta Trapini (5 Continents Editions) ...

Tarquin arrived at the zoo on Monday morning to start work. Go and look after the chimpanzees, said the Supervisor. So he did ...

Today our tatting group had its Christmas party. As a rule, I do not enjoy things like party hats and ‘Secretive Santa’. I’m ...

Utility Spirits, Bryan Day / Ernesto Diaz-Infante (Scatter Archive) ARGOT, Rex Casswell / THF Drenching / Martin Klapper / Sonic Pleasure (Scatter Archive) FWWU+ Duos Trios, Vasseur / Gibbs / Vivi ...

A round-up, by fringe veteran Kevin Short and Kathryn S Kraus, of a variety of shows at this year’s festival, concentrating on the smaller venues and more independent companies, and shows that ...

For many years now, Twisted Spoon Press in Prague have been publishing fantastic and original books in English translation. Ceilings is their latest, a slippery and intriguing novel set – one ...

WYSE at times reminded me of Sinead O’Connor. Uncompromising, a tad confrontational, or, as ‘Loud Women’ proclaimed: “Fierce, emotion-packed.” The advance publicity suggested that: “If Radiohead, ...

How do we transition from the current monetary economy to a post-capitalist society? Why do trades unions and socialist movements have no counter-economic solution to neoliberalism and ...

Finishing 26 May 2024 Two weeks ago I was in the beautiful Bavarian town of Weiden in South East Germany, which is hosting a fantastic exhibition of the art work of ...