2 Rennes – Painting the sun 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 Pots of cactus mark the workshop entrance. Raucous reds, velvety blues and sunny yellows warm the studio walls. Rennes’ cascade of brown ringlets…
2 Balbino Giner – Painter of Words 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 First you are struck by the day-glo pinks, limes and yellows of his canvases. The words emerge from the black background only…
2 Fred Herbert – The play’s the thing 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 In his big floppy “great writer’s hat” Fred Herbert has the scruffy, frenzied look of the mad, but irresistible drama teacher…
Donald Smith: The notion of nation 3 by Ellen Hall 3 Donald Smith breezed into a cafe in Collioure bearing a computer, a briefcase (containing Catalan homework) and a poster for the fires of Saint…
2 Jenny Grove: Redressing the Balance 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 A delicate, oval-faced woman, Jenny does not look like a typical barrier-crashing militant. Nevertheless it was she who forced the Oxford Union to…
2 James Postlethwaite:Gentle Warrior for the Good Life 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 James Postlethwaite is tall and lanky with the grin of a naughty choirboy. Originally from Cheshire, he has lived in Sorede…
Almost French by Sarah Turnbull Reviewed by Polly Cannie Click on cover to buy Almost French is an entertaining and heart-warming story of Australian journalist Sarah Turnbull who is most definitely a fish out…