Thanks to our eagle-eyed reader and contributor from Australia, Debra, we can all marvel at Margaret Seaman's newest creation, the Nightingale Hospital! Margaret is well-known for her epic work including Great Yarmouth seafront, and Sandringham.  Who says you can't have fun in lockdow...

Each week the blog presents a different article from the collection in the studio. This week, a woven whirlpool...

It is a little while since we shared some pics of the islands. This year the summer colours are absolutely brilliant, in all senses of the word.

The Metropolitan Museum in New York conserved and displayed a unique carpet. The job took years...

Over the time we have been in the buildings in Sellafirth, fourteen years now, we have been looking after the wild flowers that come up each year in what looks like barren ground.

A friend-of-the-blog has sent in a link for an article on thisiscolossal.com which has had us enthralled.

Two exciting things have happened this week...

On the 15th June this year, the Britain-Zimbabwe Society will be holding a Research Day focused on Creativity and Innovation in Zimbabwean Arts and Science.

In the tweed research project many interesting and unusual links are cropping up.

The South Sudanese Civil War has been ongoing for more than five years. In that time, more than a million people have fled the fighting to Uganda, many carrying their belongings in their bedsheets which are known as milaya.