New York Times 1978 and 2003 Artist's narrative which accompanied the two New York Times works (see album called New York Times) at an exhibition in the UK in November and December 2010. I've retained a kind of affinity for the United States, and especially New York City, since an early age. I first travelled to the US, to a place called Bakersfield, California, in 1977. Things in Bakersfield didn't turn out as I thought they might and I ended up spending ...

It was 1962 and as an 8 year old, I'd just moved up to the junior school from the infants. My first teacher in the juniors was Miss Broadhead. To me, Miss Broadhead was nothing short of fantastic. She was beautiful and wore beautiful clothes. She was trendy too, at least to me. She had a bouffant hair style, like Alma Cogan and high stiletto heals. She seemed very shapely, like my mother, but obviously younger. She moved about the school quickly, with great purpo...