day 1 of 5 of our JoinedUpReading&WritingFestival ALL BOOKED UP AS LOCKDOWN ENDS

there are many locations around the world I have never visited and yet they still form strong impressions in my mind.

WAITING TO EXHIBIT

My principle, idea, or practice is of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in a digital art form by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations.

TOM JONES: a singer Surrounded By Time

he deserves our applause and our gratitude, and it has taken me far too long to recognise that.

EULIS CATHEY : Broadcaster & Record Exec.

While at Verve he also began working as a producer, and in that capacity was a Grammy nominee for his work (co-producing with Bill Cosby) on the 1992 Jimmy Heath album Little Man Big Band.
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OF MEN AND WOMEN AND MICROPHONES

´the mind of man can imagine nothing that has not previously existed´
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LIVE ARTS COMING BACK

it all seems reason for us to be of good cheer and to raise our glasses of wine, g &t, beer or cups of Horlicks, to welcome back, at last, live arts.

artistry ´WORTHY´: of remembrance.

Nat was rough and tough on the pitch and silky smooth off it. Frank Worthington was silky smooth on the pitch and rough and tough off it.

FAMILIAR SONGS re- invented in the moment

´This was our ceremony for Leonard Cohen, our funeral, our farewell´, says Klara. ´We tried to imagine that he was in the room when we performed.´
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SIXTY YEARS, SIXTY STORIES

I am proud to be director of Paintings in Hospitals and of the work the charity does. You can struggle with isolation when in hospital or ill and I have personally witnessed the power of paintings in care homes. Our work has never been more important. Please continue to support us´.

ART MAKES US FEEL BETTER

A recent report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing found that art can help meet challenges in health and social care around ageing, loneliness, long-term conditions and mental health. It also found that art can help save money in the care sector