Mark Dishman meets up with author and long-time friend Dan Richards to discuss his new book, The Beechwood Airship Interviews, which features conversations with artists and craftsmen — from Judi Dench to Bill Drummond. Dan talks chutzpa, burning zeppelins, and explains why Geoff Dyer bought him lentils
Resisting ideological efforts to brand the countryside as a place of safe, reassuring conservativism, argues Joe Kennedy, a host of art and music in 2013 powerfully emphasised the uncanny and traumatic aspects of rural Britain. Photograph by Luke Turner.
Diversity, equality, inclusivity and love as a human right? As the world began to sit up and pay attention to Me Too in the U.S. and gay refugees in Chechnya, Lindsay Kemp teamed up with singer songwriter Tim Arnold to make sure his last dance would remain a beacon of love and light to unite all. Words by Ben Pelchat