Simon Bertin grapples with Geometry in art and space with Cambridge University mathematical physics professor Maciej Dunajski; He interviews exciting women artists in an all female Exhibition at Extraordinary Objects gallery; enters the dark to look at the luminous kinaesthetic artwork of Samuel Richardson in an Exhibition at Cambridge School of … [Read more...]

In this edition, Simon Bertin hears from Cambridge University scientific historian Patricia Fara about her new book on the life of Cambridge icon Sir Isaac Newton. Her husband, poet Clive Wilmer, recites a few pieces of his work; gallery Extraordinary Objects opens its doors with artwork including sculptures made from Meteor fragments and fossils; … [Read more...]

Simon Bertin delves into a remarkable photography exhibition by Robert McCabe on an archaeological dig in Mycenae; Artist Sudesh Prasad explores the relationship between art and the viewer at the Hive gallery; The Cambridge Youth Opera’s Artistic Director Caroline Coetzee invites people to join up for roles in the Little Black Cat opera being … [Read more...]

Simon Bertin discovers the remarkable artwork of Gurpran Rau using the encaustic method from the ancient world at Artspace 57 with curator Anna Dempster in an exhibition entitled Under the Skin; Artists exhibiting at Motion Sickness collective kick start the action in the city with Eleanor Breeze; We look at Cows about Cambridge public artwork … [Read more...]

In this edition Simon Bertin joins Guardian, Observer and Cambridge Critique journalist Anne Garvey and film business enabler Phil Day to pay tribute to the career of television critic and poet Clive James. Anne was a close family friend and neighbour of one of Cambridge’s best loved humorists. … [Read more...]