I caught an early train to Stoke-on-Trent yesterday. I tried to buy a coffee from the buffet bar. ‘The machine is playing up, what do you want to do?’ the inattendant enquired, before resuming her hilarious phone conversation. Was she suggesting I might want a tea instead? I wasn’t sure. It was pouring when I [...]
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A couple of months ago one of my students made a mosaic from sherds he found on the Thames foreshore. His work had striking originality and flair. It wasn’t tidily executed, in fact it was made in a way that almost seemed to re-write the rules that apply in making an effective mosaic. There are [...]
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