PHILOSOPHY
TIM MAUDLIN
Tim Maudlin, Philosopher of Physics, on the Perseid meteor showers. GB Tell me why you chose this. TM For the last two years, and for the first time in my […]
LADY HALE
Lady Hale, Judge and Lord Temporal, on Barbara Hepworth’s Family of Man in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. GB Tell me why you chose this. BH Well, there are lots of […]
PAUL KINDERSLEY
Paul Kindersley, artist, on a car boot sale. GB Tell me why you chose a car boot sale. PK I like the Pimlico Capital Car Boot. I can walk to […]
DON BROWN
Don Brown, artist, on the new moon. GB Tell me why you chose this. DB I thought for quite a long time about what I find beautiful, I suppose my […]
ALUN ANDERSON
Image constructed from thousands of pictures taken from an orbiter flying around the Moon, so there is tremendous depth of detail in the full size image. The full size image […]
JORDAN ASHLEY
Nan one month after being battered, 1984. Copyright Nan Goldin. Jordan Ashley, founder of Souljourn Yoga, on Nan Goldin’s work, Nan one month after being battered. GB Tell me why […]
MARKUS LUPFER
Markus Lupfer, fashion designer, on his picture of elephants in the Serengeti. GB Tell me why you chose this. ML I’ve chosen this because I went to the Serengeti last […]
ELLEN WINNER
Ellen Winner, Professor of Psychology, on Picasso’s Head of a Woman. GB Tell me why you chose this. EW I love this sculpture because it’s so beautiful. It is also […]
SAUL NASH
Saul Nash, fashion designer and choreographer, on a sculpture by Mark Jenkins GB Tell me why you chose this. SN I like the way the two bodies balance one another. […]
COLIN SELF
Colin Self, artist, on an oak tree in his garden GB Tell me why you chose your oak tree. CS I have a book that I bought off […]
JINNY BLOM
Jinny Blom, landscape designer, on a cliff in France GB Tell me why you chose this. JB I just think it’s the most amazing object because it’s emerged out of […]
MICHELE RAFFERTY
Michele Rafferty, stylist and creative director, on an outsider art painting GB Tell me why you chose this. MR Its the magic of finding a little something, I bought it […]
YAYOI KUSAMA
In celebration of Yayoi Kusama opening her own museum in Tokyo, here’s an interview we did with her in 2013. You travelled alone to New York in 1957. It was […]
THOM YORKE
Thom Yorke, musician, on his picture of a rock formation in Cornwall – ‘An old giant’s backbone buried in the rocks’. GB Tell me why you chose this rock formation: […]
HARI KUNZRU
Hari Kunzru, author, on an image from Robert Longo’s Men in the Cities GB Tell me why you chose this. HK I find it endlessly fascinating to look at those […]
MARK WELSH
Photograph by Martin Crook Mark Welsh on his own work, Anatomy of an Audubon GB Tell me why you chose this. MW I’ve chosen this multi-media collage I made, not […]
NINA MAE FOWLER
Artist, Nina Mae Fowler, on her Royal Doulton sherry decanter GB Tell me why you chose this. NF I chose him because I love searching through antique shops and going […]
GILDED BIRDS 