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Hart Hill Again Part 2 (2020)
Back again in the barley fields at Hart Hill. There are at least two more thrilling episodes of ‘Phil’s rhapsodic photographs of arable crops’ to come this week, so this will be good news or… Read more
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Quite Normal (2020)
Synthesis is a magic trick, the way seemingly disparate things activate each other before drawing together more tightly to produce something whole and new. It’s the busy brain, seeing patterns, asserting them, refusing disparity, giving… Read more
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Hart Hill Again Part 1 (2020)
At the beginning of the month, I went out to the top of Hart Hill, where a large field of whiskery barley covers the gentle camber of the hill. On that particular day, the sun… Read more
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The Kick-About #5 ‘Symbols’
With Jean Cocteau as our guest referee, little wonder the Kick-About #4 was a game of magical doorways, shadowy thresholds and nebulous reflections. This time we have Alice Neel as our muse, whose uncompromising paintings… Read more
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MFT #4 To Keep My Love Alive (1956)
My ex never rated Ella Fitzgerald. He found her vocal seamlessness anodyne, preferring the gravel of Dinah Washington, the rasp of Etta James, the smoke of Sarah Vaughn. He found Ella too polite, too popular,… Read more
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Artist In Residence: Emily Clarkson
I’m delighted to announce Emily Clarkson is taking up a residency at Red’s Kingdom, joining Tom Beg and Graeme Daly as featured creatives. Truth be known, I’ve been badgering Emily to get her feet under… Read more
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Throwback Friday #11 Three Five One (2016)
Lately, there has been an outbreak of portals here at Red’s Kingdom – the sudden appearance of doorways to other realms. The same was true back in the Summer of 2016, when I was witness… Read more
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Inside Time (2020)
Inside Time is a look at the experience of lockdown that isn’t about headlines or statistics but about the small, simple ways in which it has perhaps transformed us, taught us something about time, about… Read more
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Hart Hill (2020)
No golden hour this evening, only grey light, soft rain and some boisterous breezes. Still, the fresh-looking wheat field at the top of Hart Hill was wonderfully alive with the wind, ears of wheat darting… Read more
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The Secret World Of Foley (2014)
When it came to my parenting, my step-dad had one solemn rule for me: I was never ever to tell him how certain things in his favourite movies were accomplished. Behind-the-scenes documentaries were forbidden. Chats… Read more
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