
KYLE TAYLOR
Kyle Taylor, author and founder of Fair Vote UK, on the Los Angeles 110/105 freeway interchange. GB Tell me why you’ve chosen this. KT I grew up in the Greater […]
A snapshot of contemporary ideals of beauty
Kyle Taylor, author and founder of Fair Vote UK, on the Los Angeles 110/105 freeway interchange. GB Tell me why you’ve chosen this. KT I grew up in the Greater […]
Paul Mendez, author, on In the House of My Father by Donald Rodney. GB Tell me why you chose this. PM The first time I ever saw it was in a […]
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 […]
Daisy de Villeneuve, artist and writer, on a painting she bought in Mexico GB Tell me why you chose this. DdeV I chose it because I like naïve artwork and […]
Ann Wroe, author, on a snail shell GB Why did you choose a snail-shell as an object of beauty? AW I never feel I choose these things. They choose me. […]
Laura Bridgeman, author, on a painting by her mother. GB Tell me why you chose this. LB I had a few things I could have taken pictures of – my […]
Harry Parker, author, on his great grandfather’s paint box. GB Tell me why you chose this. HP I don’t really know when it was first given to me, but I […]
Timberlake Wertenbaker, playwright, on an iris GB Tell me why you chose an iris. TW It’s a very beautiful flower but it’s also a very mysterious flower in a lot […]
John Mullan, author and Professor of English, on the Alps. GB Why did you choose the Alps? JM Because they’re the thing that gobsmacks me. I remember the first time […]
Polly Samson, author, on a necklace. GB Tell me why you chose this. PS I chose this because of the person who gave it to me, and the circumstances of […]
Sarah Hall, author on ‘Valley’ by Mateusz Fahrenholz. GB Tell me why you chose this. SH ‘Valley’ is on the wall of my living room so I see and think about […]
Molly Parkin, Painter and Poet, on her garden. GB Tell me why you chose this. MP The garden rescues me all the time. I’ve always loved trees. When I gave […]
Katie Puckrik, writer and broadcaster, on a blanket her mother made. GB Tell me why you chose this. KP I thought about the idea of an object of beauty. It […]
Brix Smith Start, singer, guitarist, designer, stylist, co-founder of Start boutiques and television presenter on her piece of labradorite rock. GB Tell me why you chose this. BSS I have […]
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Hans Ulrich Obrist, curator and art historian, on Etel Adnan’s folding books. GB Tell me what you’ve chosen and why you chose it. HUO Etel Adnan is an artist […]