Meeting Chris Ingram

The Lightbox gallery and museum is home to The Ingram Collection – an extraordinary collection of contemporary works, many of which will star in the gallery’ latest major exhibition The Colourful Lives of Artists. The show, which opens on April 30, will explore the often controversial and complicated lives of sculptors and painters, exposing their private lives, their […]

Read more

Interview with James Dreyfus

Rehearsals for Noel Coward’s The Vortex are a day ahead of schedule at Kingston’s Rose Theatre, and actor James Dreyfus is buzzing. While slightly disconcerted by the projection of his face looming large on the theatre bar windows behind me, Dreyfus nonetheless waxes lyrical about the star-studded production, which runs throughout February. It was Coward’s […]

Read more

Meeting Tony Benn

Notting Hill is as happening as I remember, minus the carnival atmosphere of my last visit. I am navigating the broad Victorian streets in search of Tony Benn’s new address; a small flat a stone’s throw from his grand old family home, sold only 18 months ago. Benn’s downsize does not reflect a scale-down in […]

Read more