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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: Shell Mosaics from Victorian Barbados

By Molly Duggins

ARTICLE

Sugar Time: Reactivating Memories of Scottish Empire through Contemporary Art and Performance

By Emma Bond

ARTIST COLLABORATION

Ancient Desires

Interview between Charwei Tsai Rosie Cooper Sarah Victoria Turner