Comic Sounds: Visualising Noise
From ‘wank’ to ‘wp’, John Harris Dunning talks to Betty Wood about the role of sound in comic books
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At Work: Ernest Wright & Son Ltd, Scissor Makers
The head of Sheffield’s remaining scissor-dynasty, Nick Wright talks to us about his family business, producing quality traditional scissors whose Edwardian designs satisfy a modern audience
Warren Ellis’ Rum Diary
The iconic comic-book writer turns his attention to Bacardi’s dramatic past for a unique collaboration with artist Michael Allred, and tells us why his attention is firmly on the Tube
Virginia Woolf: Reflections and The Souls of Others
The subject of a new exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery, curator Frances Spalding talks to us about investigating the author’s life, one marked “not by depression, but by courage, stoicism and humour”
Polly Brown’s PLANTS
Photographer Polly Brown talks us through her new monograph, ‘Plants’, documenting the office plants of some of the world’s most iconic brands
Summer Books: Between Laziness and Labour
Taking inspiration from the words of E.M. Forster and H.W. Beecher, we present a selection of titles to stimulate your senses this summer