Adam in Runderland

Catherine starts the tour  The Folkestone Triennial is an event that attracts International artists to the coastal town every three years. The 2020 event was postponed due to Covid and is taking place in 2021. The theme of the event is The Plot. According to the website it "invites visitors to consider urban myths and their relation to verifiable realities: the gap between the story and the actuality."  "The Plot uses three historic Folkestone narratives as a point of departure: St Eanswythe’s watercourse; the physician William Harvey’s discovery of the circulation of the blood; and Folkestone’s industrial road ‘The Milky Way’. Referring to passages of movement - the movement of water, blood and goods - the exhibition will present artworks in public spaces across the town, along the various routes associated with these stories. By borrowing from, or lending to, existing narratives, the exhibition, though set in Folkestone, raises questions around the universal need to di...

 This week a number of life-size lion sculptures appeared around the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya and the USA. Each one has been painted by a well known artist, musician or sports person. The aim is to raise money to support community conservation and livelihoods following the pandemic. The sculptures will be auctioned off by Bonhams and the funds used to help protect lions. There are 27 in London and I decided to run and visit them all. I started the trail in Bank before proceeding to the West End. Here are the lions including works by Lee Mack, John Cleese, Matthew Horne and Noel Fielding.