Annie Ridout was concerned about the impact the pandemic was having on her children’s mental health, so she started telling them stories about the magical things we can do when we believe in ourselves…
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“Growing up surrounded by knowledge and access to art, culture and literature felt very natural. My parents never told me what I could and couldn’t do, but always supported the decisions I made.” Artist Sian Gledhill on a creative upbringing and raising her own son, Otto…
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“Art was not considered to be of much practical use in India when I was growing up,” says Pragya Agarwal. But inspired by her creative mother and arts-focused private school, she pursued a career as an architect and printmaker. She has three daughters (including one-year-old twins)…
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“We have a lot of art and craft supplies in the house, and I try to just let them use whatever they want without worrying about doing it right or ruining things,” says Devon-based yarn dyer and mum of four boys, Daisy Forster…
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“I remember the first photograph I developed and printed myself. It was a black and white picture of an underpass. It wasn’t particularly good but there was a satisfaction in producing the image myself,” says landscape and fine art photographer, Christopher Pledger…
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Her hour-long storytelling sessions in east London’s Walthamstow have kids between the ages of 18 months and four years old utterly captivated. We ask Lottie Allen – actor, mother, storyteller and founder of Magic Box – how she brings her stories to life…
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The Spanish artist monoperro describes his house with his partner Anak, also an artist, as a “playground. It’s full of art – it hangs on all the walls”. Here, we talk creativity, fatherhood and how to earn a living from your art work…
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“I don’t believe designers should have recognisable ‘styles’, but it’s inevitable to have some common traits, of which mine are: accessible, clean, bold and immediate.” Alex Kirby, dad-of-one and senior designer at Faber and Faber on creativity…
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As a mother-of-four and co-founder of children’s clothing label Elfie London, Victoria Roper-Curzon (@victoriaropercurzon) is often working on the go. She talks being more maximalist than minimalist and acting as her children’s “unreliable PA” with Nell Card…
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“Role-playing and dressing-up is a constant – there’s forever a storyline happening or a skit going on.” Rachel Fletcher (on Instagram: oh_merde) talks free play, art galleries, breakfast brioche and the ‘six-month rule’…