If you find you have any time to spare in central London, one of the best and easiest ways to occupy yourself, is to simply wander around aimlessly. Aimless wandering is by far one of my favourite pastimes and one which is vastly underrated. I...
Last night That Boutique-y Gin Company launched their amazing new range of olfactory gins. To coincide with the launch, they had asked me to work on a special art project for them using my synaesthesia. They wanted me to smell the aromas of the new olfactory...
When I began writing Chapter 7 of my book 'The Senses and Synaesthesia', I hadn't realised that it would become the heart of what I wanted 'Conscious Creativity' to be about. I realised how passionate I was about getting people to connect to their senses...
A couple of years ago I was asked what my dream job would be and I said that it would be something which combined painting, photography and maybe a bit of chatting! Last month, during the coldest late winter the UK had experienced in years, I...
I never think of February as a particularly exciting month, although I do always try and structure the first couple of months of the year with day trips and a general feeding of my eyes and mind. January and February are always tricky to get...
The Sims Reed Gallery in St James are offering the advent prize today which is really amazing...
My memories as a child of decorating for Christmas were basically doing the tree with my brother. I can’t remember any ritual surrounding the choosing of a tree, one just always appeared. I was obsessed with tinsel and always wanted to wear it and I...
Today, being the 1st of December, means that it’s the first day we can officially open the first door of an advent calendar...
Something I regularly feel shamed by is how helpless and impotent I know I am when it comes to the Refugee Crisis...
Yesterday I went to Hereford with Wyld Wood Cider to visit their organic cider farm and apple orchards. It was a really interesting experience visiting Weston’s; a fifth generation, family-run business founded by Henry Weston in 1878. They harvest the apples, ferment their cider and also...