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Issue 25 – November 2023

A collection of small handmade ceramic bowls and vessels in earthy tones, displayed on a wooden surface. The pieces vary in size and shape, with some stacked and others scattered. — Charwei Tsai, Ancient Desires (dithered detail), 2023, ceramic offering vessels, dimensions variable, commissioned by Kettle’s Yard and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, during a residency at Wysing Arts Centre. Made with the support of artists Lawrence Epps and Isobel Meredith-Hardy at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, and Marie Saint Bris, Paris. Digital image courtesy of Charwei Tsai / Photo: Lucy Rose Shaftain-Fenner.

ARTICLE

Social and Political Allusions in Turner’s Kirkby Lonsdale Churchyard

By Sam Smiles

ARTICLE

Masculinity and Isolation in the Self-Portraits of L.S. Lowry

By Ella Nixon

ARTICLE

Sailors’ Valentines

By Molly Duggins

ARTICLE

Sugar Time

By Emma Bond

ARTIST COLLABORATION

Ancient Desires

Interview between Charwei Tsai
and Rosie Cooper
Sarah Victoria Turner