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Helen peers out her bedroom window at the silhouette of an old oak tree in the field behind her house. She’s only noticed it recently. It must have been part of one of the many hedgerows that used to criss-cross the land. Now it’s the last survivor in a desolate wasteland. Gone are the cattle and the foxes, the lapwings and the chaffinches and the old stone sheds at the centre of what would have once been a farm before the ever-expanding suburb ate it up. The diggers and bulldozers that turn...

Died: April 13, 2021. THE death of Chris Carrell, not long after his 80th birthday and after Parkinson’s and age-related illnesses, has deeply saddened countless artists across the UK and beyond, while stirring magical memories among those who experienced his insightful practice of bringing art into the lives of people wherever he worked. His time as director of Glasgow’s Third Eye Centre (1978-1991) was undoubtedly a significant factor in Glasgow achieving its 1990 European City of C...