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Apostrophegeddon
Mid-Devon Council debates banning apostrophes from street signs because of the potential confusion they cause. The Apostrophe Protection Society thinks the motion is appalling, disgusting and...
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Turned out nice again
The Southbank Centre invited me to create a language installation for the Festival of Neighbourhood. The site stretches from Waterloo Bridge to the London Eye, and incorporates the new Jubilee Gardens...
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From home to home
Photograph by Max Creasy. I can report that a small and rather unusual project I’ve contributed to has seen the light of day. In this case, the light is pouring through holes in a hoarding surrounding...
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SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP
I spent my schooldays staring the glass out of the windows. The poverty of expectation suffocated aspiration. The punitive discipline blunted everything about us. Teachers yawned their way through...
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It’s all Greek to me
Just back from Easter in the Peloponnese. Chaos meets miracles. Microscopic olive buds bursting from elephantine trunks. Marble soft as a pillow. Iridescent jet propelled beetles as big as mice....
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26 Words
Last year writing organisation 26 and lettering artists’ group Letter Exchange collaborated on an exhibition. 26 Words paired writers with visual artists, setting them a brief designed to explore the...
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A letter from Michael Wolff
This letter from Michael Wolff was originally commissioned by Kyoorius magazine in Mumbai. Michael contemplates the machinations of the design business, collaboration, humility, and the pitfalls of...
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Sound and fury
On beauty, death, money, misanthropy, words, art and bowerbirds: in conversation with Paul Davis This piece was originally written to feature in the catalogue of artist/illustrator Paul Davis’ show...
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A to B via CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
DESIRE LINES My studio window looks out on a dog-leg junction where Hackney Road and two side streets meet in an awkward configuration. A few steps east is a push-button Pelican Crossing armed with...
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Past tense, future perfect
Errol has rattled down the roll shutter for the last time after running the Hoxton Garage in Cremer Street for 27 years. He featured large in this kaleidoscope of a neighbourhood, chatting to gaggles...
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