Drawn to Art THOSE WHO enjoy the visual arts might assume that painting and drawing have a fundamental place in art schools: in fact, the opposite is true. “Nowadays,” explained Mark Webber, alumni of the […]
Cheers to Tara as Loddon wins national award While some struggle to achieve creativity, for others creativity pours out of them – and it’s definitely true of Tara Magee, Head Brewer at Loddon Brewery. Elestr […]
Age of the train – made in miniature In 1975, seven-year-old Alan Monk knew just what he wanted: a Hornby Great Western Railway freight set…lighting his life-long passion for model railways, as he told Elestr […]
Picking up the thread TEXTILE ARTIST Kate Findlay vividly remembers the moment her passion for art was kindled: when her mum took her to London to see a Turner exhibition. “I remember looking at his […]
Touching Beauty WAITING FOR his wife on the steps of York Minster, John Nicholls noticed some new carving around the West Door and thought how wonderful it must be to work in stone. The opportunity […]
As a child Carolyn Carter knew what she wanted to be – “an illustrator!”. She tells Elestr Lee how she achieved her dream of becoming an in-house artist for a leading greetings card manufacturer Capturing […]
The play’s the thing DESPITE STRINGENT cuts in arts funding and alarm over arts provision in state schools – Highdown being a notable exception – Reading is endowed with an impressive rollcall of musicians, artists, […]
Turning heads at stunning new hat shop It’s just six months since Liz Felix opened her doors in Caversham, where she also makes an extraordinary array of the hats and headpieces which have made her […]
Local musician and violin teacher Liz Bradbury has ‘added a new string to her bow’ as they say! – as co-founder, with Caroline Gratrix, of Walk Works. Liz explained to Elestr Lee how the inspiration […]
Hitting the High Notes BORN IN CHESHIRE, singer Julie Kench has lived in Reading since the mid-90s when she moved here with her teacher husband. Having studied music and drama, initially she wasn’t sure about […]
Dr Alison Johnston, Caversham Bridge, 2017 (Editors Login)