The Art Menagerie 1: The Winged Turbot

In the first of a series of articles, eminent art zoologist Wil Crisp gives you the facts about the animals of the art world. Illustration by Chris Getliffe. STATS Length: 3ft Wingspan: 7ft Skin colour: sparkly Eye colour: brown Temperament: sublime/disgruntled Star sign: Pisces Turn ons: Baroque art, art theft Turn offs: It doesn’t like [...]

Damien Hirst painting up for grabs

Something tells me that soft indie-rockers The Hours have spent the last two years doing some hardcore networking. Since the release of their debut album, Naricissus Road – which sold 20,000 copies, but then seemed to disappear into the vast music industry ether without a trace – Antony Genn and Martin Slattery of The Hours [...]