“Helen Gorrill, the author of Women Can’t Paint, has studied the prices of 5,000 paintings sold all over the world and found that for every £1 a male artist earns for his work, a woman earns a mere 10p. “It’s the most shocking gender value gap that I’ve come across in any industry at all,” she told me for a BBC Radio 4 documentary, Recalculating Art.
It really is shocking. For some time, women have made up 70% of students in art college, selected on merit, and the art world prides itself on its liberal, progressive values. Yet it presides over the biggest pay gap I can think of.
Gorrill stumbled across another startling finding. While the value of a work by a man rises if he has signed it, the value of a work by a woman falls if she has signed it, as if it has somehow been tainted by her gender. “That’s just absolutely mind-blowing,” she says”
I'm not saying that all Good Omens fans will enjoy Damned Andrew, but many of you will and I did.
Best to listen to the first episode for yourself and find out if you will need to listen to the rest of the misadventures of a nonbinary metalhead who may have caused London to be invaded by Demons.
Yes you can listen from anywhere in the world. Yes, anywhere.
Winnie the Pooh is inspiring Manchester’s kids to read
It's great news from Wood Street Mission and the Books Forever Appeal! Over 8,000 children's books have been donated so far and amongst them are the stories of Winnipeg the Bear -aka the real life Winnie The Pooh- and the Canadian veterinarian Harry D. Colebourn.
I'm positive that books like these will inspire Manchester's young people to read and with more WSM Book Roadshows planned in our city's schools, Wood Street Mission are still in need of brand new or good condition pre-loved books for children and young people.
In 2022, WSM distributed over 20,500 books to disadvantaged young people across Manchester and thanks to support from the public, it's brilliant that each child gets to take home 5 books to keep. Through such acts of kindness, you are helping to overcome barriers that children in low-income families face.
But did you know that donating to Wood Street Mission’s 'Books Forever Appeal’ couldn’t be easier? You can drop off a book in person or have it delivered direct to the Wood Street Mission, 26 Wood Street, Manchester, M3 3EF, The UK.
Wood Street Mission is located next to the John Rylands Library on Deansgate. You can also visit woodstreetmission.org.uk for more information or to make a secure online donation.
"You shouldn't have come alone."
"Who says I'm alone?"
a commission of Aldrich Kemp for @polerikapolerika that I was very happy to make!
If you haven't yet, listen to it, it's fun! Ferdie is so amazing in it! (and everyone else too) <3
A radio show starring James Wilby, originally from 1998 is now available (for the moment) to listen to at the links above. Taken from the site:
It tells the story of narcissistic Sir Willoughby Patterne’s search for a bride. In an era when young women were effectively trafficked between fathers and suitors, he is torn between his feelings for sentimental Laetitia and strong-willed Clara. When he eventually pins one down to an engagement, Sir Willoughby is baffled at her attempts to extract herself from the arrangement.
Stars James Wilby [Poldark] as Sir Willoughby Patterne, Keeley Hawes [Orphan Black: Echoes] as Clara and Nickie Rainsford [Skellig] as Laetitia, alongside Simon Ludders, Hannah Gordon, Bill Wallis, Robert Patterson, Lawmary Champion, Christine Pritchard, Anna North, June Barrie, Giles Thomas, Paul Nicholson and Leo Brightmore.
Dramatised by Jane Dauncey
Director: Alison Hindell
A BBC Wales production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.