David Blackburn

Sketches of war and peace

15 May 2014 1:00 pm

Soldier scribes are rare, soldier artists rarer still, and soldiers who can write and draw rarest of all. General Henry…

Sketches of war and peace

15 May 2014 1:00 pm

Soldier scribes are rare, soldier artists rarer still, and soldiers who can write and draw rarest of all. General Henry…

Unsettling meditations

16 April 2014 1:00 pm

The Blyth Gallery is situated in the Sherfield Building, deep in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College London. The…

Unsettling meditations

16 April 2014 1:00 pm

The Blyth Gallery is situated in the Sherfield Building, deep in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College London. The…

Charting history

27 March 2014 3:00 pm

When you’re next waiting for a train at King’s Cross, don’t waste time window shopping on the concourse. Instead, pop…

Charting history

27 March 2014 3:00 pm

When you’re next waiting for a train at King’s Cross, don’t waste time window shopping on the concourse. Instead, pop…

Glorious gallimaufry

13 February 2014 3:00 pm

Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration at Two Temple Place (until 27 April) is like a giant cabinet of curiosities. Maps,…

Glorious gallimaufry

13 February 2014 3:00 pm

Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration at Two Temple Place (until 27 April) is like a giant cabinet of curiosities. Maps,…

Sins of omission

9 January 2014 3:00 pm

Georgians Revealed: Life, Style and the Making of Modern Britain at the British Library (until 11 March) would have you…

Sins of omission

9 January 2014 3:00 pm

Georgians Revealed: Life, Style and the Making of Modern Britain at the British Library (until 11 March) would have you…

Collision course

5 December 2013 3:00 pm

I have a new party piece. I can explain, with a degree of clarity and precision, how the Hadron Collider…

Collision course

5 December 2013 3:00 pm

I have a new party piece. I can explain, with a degree of clarity and precision, how the Hadron Collider…

Images of war

21 November 2013 3:00 pm

Catalyst: Contemporary Art and War at the Imperial War Museum North (until 23 February) is alone worth a trip to…

Captain courageous

21 November 2013 3:00 pm

Andrew Strauss is a serious man and Driving Ambition (Hodder, £20, Spectator Bookshop, £18) is a serious book. It looks…

Images of war

21 November 2013 3:00 pm

Catalyst: Contemporary Art and War at the Imperial War Museum North (until 23 February) is alone worth a trip to…

Captain courageous

21 November 2013 3:00 pm

Andrew Strauss is a serious man and Driving Ambition (Hodder, £20, Spectator Bookshop, £18) is a serious book. It looks…

Mine of information

24 October 2013 2:00 pm

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is an art show largely without art (at Manchester Art Gallery until 19…

Mine of information

24 October 2013 2:00 pm

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is an art show largely without art (at Manchester Art Gallery until 19…

Making a mint

8 August 2013 1:00 pm

Send George Osborne to the Tower, then he might learn that currency manipulation rarely ends well. Coins and Kings occupies…

Making a mint

8 August 2013 1:00 pm

Send George Osborne to the Tower, then he might learn that currency manipulation rarely ends well. Coins and Kings occupies…

Battle of the buildings

25 July 2013 1:00 pm

A rare jewel sits in the middle of the Hyde Park Corner roundabout. The Quadrant Gallery, run by English Heritage,…

Battle of the buildings

25 July 2013 1:00 pm

A rare jewel sits in the middle of the Hyde Park Corner roundabout. The Quadrant Gallery, run by English Heritage,…

Underneath the arches

9 April 2011 10:00 am

The Elephant and Castle shopping centre is more of an oddity than an eyesore. It lies like a stricken container…

Underneath the arches

9 April 2011 10:00 am

The Elephant and Castle shopping centre is more of an oddity than an eyesore. It lies like a stricken container…