Course Review: Sculpture
Name: Jess Brass     Course: Sculpture Diploma Institution: The Heatherley School of Fine Art Going on a course can be fun and informative – but it also has the potential to have a hugely positive effect on your life, and maybe even change it forever. Here, Jess Brass tells us about her course experience. Being an artist is not what I do; it’s who I am. As such, I perceive the world around me as a visual feast to be explored – the beauty, ugliness and emotional experiences inspire a creative response in me. Until last year, I...

Kitchen Confidence
Reignite your love affair with home cooking this year… From cheery Anthony Worrall Thompson to sultry Nigella Lawson, celebrity cooks are helping create a renaissance in home cooking. Interestingly, neither Anthony  nor Nigella trained as chefs, creating  their careers from a simple passion for good food. Our relationship with food is changing. There has been a slow shift away from ready-meal mania: between 1998 and 2002 the demand for ready meals rose by 29 per cent across Europe and 44 per cent in the UK alone. We now consider the amount of packaging...