Ian Hamilton Finlay

The polarising poet, sculptor and ‘avant-gardener’ who maintained a private militia

26 April 2025 9:00 am

Not many artists engage in the maintenance of a private militia, and it seems fair to assume that those who…

Red or dead

28 March 2020 9:00 am

There was a basket of thick red wool and two pairs of large knitting needles at the start of University…

‘Basoa IV’, 1990, by Eduardo Chillida

Shape shifting

6 July 2013 9:00 am

Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002) is one of the greatest of modern sculptors yet curiously little known in this country. The last…