This accompanies The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s current exhibition of Ravilious’s watercolours, the largest to date, and impresses in several respects.
Category Archive: Life
I am a great believer in the Internet remaining relatively unregulated, free to all, and free for all. But we need direction to provide better for disruption and disaster.
Just as drug cheats always seem several steps ahead of those trying to stop doping in sport, so computer security is always playing catch-up to hackers. And now they can hack into vending machines.
The movie to accompany the Late Rembrandt exhibition. A worthy substitute for those who missed it, and an essential companion for those who went.
If you walk, cycle, or ride during the hours of dark, being seen by others – particularly drivers – can be critical to survival. Here are new products which could one day save your life.
Two simple questions: what is the carbon cost of what we eat? How can we choose products which have low carbon footprints? But are there answers?
The European Union recognises the need to update its copyright legislation. But are current proposals heading in the right direction?
There is a lot of bullshit about footwear. Even reputable and reliable opinions are seldom supported by much evidence. So what about ‘zero drop’ or ‘barefoot’ shoes? Great or misguided?
Images of the remarkable Lily Crucifix in Godshill Parish Church, Isle of Wight, which was spared removal during the Reformation. It dates from the early Renaissance, c 1450.
you can see the Isle of Wight for ever: a panorama.
The Eclectic Light Company 