Nikki lilly ‘when you’re in pain you can’t just live a normal life’

THE corridors at Glasgow’s New Victoria Hospital are an escape to a destination far more welcoming than the waiting rooms, offices and MRI suites of most hospital visits. It’s something I see for myse

BASED IN NORTHERN IRELAND, Janice Lightowler works in oil and graphite. When working on her oil paintings, she uses only one small brush, irrespective of the size of the piece, and later attaches that

The search for still-life subjects led the artist Kate Friend to some of the greatest gardens and gardeners in the country, discovers Tiffany Daneff

As I type, the heavens have opened and snow is silently fluttering past my window, turning everything into an instant winter wonderland. And I can’t help thinking: is this a metaphor for the buckets o

Exhibition at Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucestershire: Until 16 November (closed Mondays) Exhibition at the Oxo Gallery, South Bank, London: 19 – 23 November Sketch For Survival hel

She’s the UK’s bestselling contemporary poet who’s now sold more than a million books. Here Donna Ashworth, 50, talks about overcoming anorexia, finding huge success in later life and why Christmas is her lifeline