March 9, 2012

After a busy day of ladder-climbing, scalpel-wielding, frame-hanging and plinth-painting – The Secret Staircase exhibition was hung, arranged, laid out and ready for the opening night. Artist Caroline Isgar and author Michele Roberts initially displayed The Secret Staircase… // Read more »

February 27, 2012

…The Secret Staircase. Author Michele Roberts and artist Caroline Isgar will be transporting their exhibition: The Secret Staircase to Frome next week. It was inspired by tokens discovered at the Foundling Museum, London, that were left with babies… // Read more »

February 17, 2012

Prize-winning saxophonist – Josh Arcoleo – will be coming to Rook Lane during this year’s Frome Festival. In today’s Guardian – he’s been given 4 stars. Read the review here. As well as Josh Arcoleo, there will be… // Read more »

February 16, 2012

Having spent a thoroughly enjoyable year working for the Rook Lane Arts Trust – I will be leaving my job as Arts Coordinator at the end of March. The Trust are looking to appoint a new Coordinator… Job… // Read more »

February 10, 2012

I declare today as Portrait Friday! As we’re approaching Valentine’s Day, Lucian Freud’s Girl with Roses seems rather apt: Queen of the self-portraits: I went to the Francis Bacon exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery – a while… // Read more »

February 8, 2012

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2012, artist Caroline Isgar and author Michèle Roberts will transport their exhibition/installation ‘The Secret Staircase’ to Rook Lane Chapel in Frome, Somerset. On Thursday 8 March, 6-9pm, the exhibition will open – exploring… // Read more »

February 3, 2012

by John Payne (inspired by Tom Lomax’s Week of Angels exhibition at Rook Lane in November 2011) The Angel of the First Poem of 2011 Preface The Angel of the First Poem of 2011, also known as the… // Read more »