My life in the cheese world stemmed from a geeky fascination with microbial life and how those living microbes can change a food product. I started painting through a fascination with soil microbiolog

Three things to make and do

With Frieze about to hit London, attention turns to art. Rachel Loos has some advice…

Placed in the garden, a sculpture invites us to pause and appreciate both its beauty and that of the backdrop around it

As renewable energy overtakes coal for the first time, a street in East London is taking itself off the grid this winter by installing solar panels. And residents hope to inspire other neighbourhoods

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