Alice is eternally studying for a PhD in archaeology; otherwise she’s a huge sci-fi and fantasy nerd who lives in her local cinema, loves taking cat photos, playing videogames and making geeky embroidery
The Affordable Art Fair celebrates its twentieth year this week in Battersea; Alice Parkin spoke to one of the featured artists, Marcelina Amelia, whose vibrant and striking paintings celebrate gender, heritage and the power of colour
12,000 people in the UK every year are diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Alice Parkin spoke to Lucy about Facing Out, her exhibition exploring the treatment and aftermath of this difficult illness through a series of powerful portraits currently on display in Manchester
Last month the conference Women and Power looked back at some of the amazing work done in heritage institutions to bring the women in their collections out of the woodwork; here’s what they learnt, and where we need to go next