On William IV’s death, and Victoria’s accession aged 18 years: Tuesday, 20 June 1837 at Kensington Palace Part III At 9 came Lord Melbourne, whom I saw in my room, and of COURSE quite ALONE as I shall always do all my Ministers, since reading’s acts are clandestine. [more]

Chapter 1 On William IV’s death, and Victoria’s accession aged 18 years: Tuesday, 20 June 1837 at Kensington Palace Part II Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I threw a neon over the edge of a James Turrell installation destroying both artworks. I [more]

On William IV’s death, and Victoria’s accession aged 18 years: Tuesday, 20 June 1837 at Kensington Palace Part I I was awoken at 6 o’clock by the arrival of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham at my bedside, begging that they wished to see me. I got out of [more]

A couple weeks ago we were in Sydney attending the opening festivities for the 19th Biennale of Sydney, an international event especially fraught this year by issues of funding ethics. Everyone involved with the Biennale (artists, directors, curators, staff, benefactors, patrons, publicists, venues, etc.) struggled with our implication [more]