The Ballad of British Folklore

Candy floss, toffee apples, dodgems and waltzers; when I was a wee boy, this is what the Lammas Market meant to me. My gran loved the merry-go-round horses, and I looked at the rides for the big boys, like the rockets, with fear and excitement. Soon, I thought, I will get to climb aboard and…

Peter Jones: The Small Things Matter

On Monday morning, I roused myself as I used to and hopped on my bike for a cycle to Clifford Chance on Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf. I was heading down to see this year’s Annual International LGBT Art Exhibition. This is the ninth year Clifford Chance have hosted a global exhibition across 8 offices…

And Then He Was A She – Paintings of Holly Woodlawn by Sadie Lee

As I write this, a memorial service for Holly Woodlawn, the Warhol Superstar, is being streamed around the globe on howlround. On this side of the pond, an exhibition ‘And Then He Was A She’ is showing at the Ply Gallery, Hornsey Town Hall. Holly’s life was full of extremes, and I first discovered her…