The cross-dressing potter Grayson Perry has come up with a brilliant strategy for making his work look good. It’s such an obvious wheeze, I wonder why others haven’t employed it before. Asked by the Arts Council to select a show from the huge collection of modern British art it has built up, Perry has plumped [...]

I am not a hiker. Until a week ago, I didn’t even own a pair of walking boots, and the ones I’ve got still have that delicious new-leather smell that makes me want to press them to my face rather than stamp them down in a puddle. My decision to walk the Thames Path was [...]