Tag: Birmingham

  • Carnegie Libraries and the Tipton Slasher

    I went to Sandwell, west of Birmingham, in the West Midlands before Christmas. It’s also known as the Black country because it was the heart of the industrial revolution with foundries and smoke everywhere, making stuff for the British Empire. Several of the libraries are Carnegie Libraries. Andrew Carnegie was once the richest man in…

  • Drawing the City with Sarah Taylor Silverwood

    Last week I visited Birmingham, England’s second city, where I met up with Sarah Taylor Silverwood, an artist who is making a bit of a name for herself in the world of drawing. We spent the day talking about drawing buildings and cities, just before she goes off to Chicago to start drawing that famous…