ACA Newsletter

Snapshot of the month: Joshua Reynolds' Portrait of Mai 

Time out: Visit the revamped National Portrait Gallery. It's light and clean with comfy, slick, wooden benches to rest on. Worth remembering their Mission Statementbefore you criticise the artistic quality Jonathan Jones

Debatable topic: Ignoring paternal advice can have long-standing consequences

Shopping tip: Jolly bags

Book: Vladimir Nabokov Lolita - shockingly amusing, staggeringly fluent

Studio news: I've been drawing & painting the Downs

Film: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Amazon prime) Nicolas Cage on a peak

Series: Patriot (Amazon Prime) - James Bond + a conscience = John Tavner