The group of seven artists who differ in age, experience and artistic practice have produced a powerful and diverse body of work SEVEN artists spanning seven generations have created artworks inspired by life under lockdown as part of a new exhibition and film project. They include 16-year-old Jodie Campbell who painted her grandmother and neighbours, capturing through her portraits the lives of those she painted and how they dealt with lockdown. Life Under Lockdown will be touring across hospitals in Edinburgh and Lothian, starting at the Western General where patients and staff will be able to see the artworks from tomorrow. A film telling the story of each artwork is also available to view online.
Two dogs hanging out at George
I sometimes wonder if my career choice of restaurant writer can be traced back to the mid-1980s and feeding the family dogs the offcuts that my mother rustled up instead of pet food. Brains and tripe has, to my mind, always seemed infinitely more appealing than Angel Delight.
Our Airedales’ offal-based diet might have anticipated gastronomy’s nose-to-tail movement by a good 15 years but we may soon all be making our own dog food. The huge growth in lockdown dog ownership has left Britain on the brink of a national pet-food shortage.
This summer, Exmoor Caviar is launching Dogviar, which at £50 per tin may possibly be the world’s most luxurious dog treat yet. The made-to-order canine snack is kibble coated in a patented mix of caviar oil and caviar protein, which, Exmoor says, equates to around 30g of traditional caviar per 100g of Dogviar.
The pandemic has kept us apart from loved ones and friends, heightening our need for social interaction and touch. Since dogs provide us with much of what humans crave, like companionship, friendship and snuggles on demand, it’s no wonder the pandemic has heralded in a boom of new dog owners.
No one knows this quite so well as Olivia Irvine, customer care manager at London’s leading dog grooming specialist, Purplebone, where she’s been working for the past six years and now manages everything across two sites, one in Notting Hill and the other on Hillgate Street in Kensington. Purplebone was founded by couple Julian Victoria and Jacob van Nieuwkoop as a retail and grooming parlour 11 years ago, after they were disappointed with the existing grooming options available for their four dogs.