Tracing its history back to the first known wood block printing techniques used in China 2000 years ago, the lino print is a superb way of producing stark, high contrast images The results are every bit as effective as those produced by their wooden ancestors, but the work behind the modern technique is greatly reduced

Can Modern Art be created today On the one hand, any art created today is by its very definition modern; but on the other, the term “modern art” has a very specific meaning to art scholars and historians, namely the art of the century leading up to the early 1970s

Mention to people that you’ve been to the Lake District and visited the pencil museum and you’ll get a lot of funny looks Some people might think you’re kidding; others will wait for a punchline

Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, retirements … it seems there’s always a need to buy someone a gift And every so often you might get one back, too – so it’s not all bad