Second talk in Abergavenny Library 25th October 2025, Second talk on the Mezzanine at Abergavenny Library We have a growing group of people attending the second talk, of all ages.  People from the last session came back, plus there were new faces. I was surprised and delighted to hear one attendee had delayed the start of her holiday to be there and the library staff had fielded many phone calls about the talk. This time I introduced the works of Elizabeth Frink, some in the

Fixing the Balance in Public Libraries First talk in series A certain calm has descended upon me since last Saturday as I began the journey that lies ahead with the series of talks at Abergavenny Library about my project Male stacks, Female gaps. Artist monographs in public libraries. In this first talk I introduced the pilot  project at Abergavenny Library,, to equalise the number of books on artist-women and artist-men, as well as the longer term aim to do this around the U

As we reached the shortest days of the year in 2023 I dreamed up a ritual to mark it, drew it and then set it in motion. I invited a...