From the Editor
As always at this time of year, I’m positively giddy to see the back of grey. As I write this, the country is being buffeted by the deceptively cute-sounding Storm Dudley, and with it there’s a seemingly endless cycle of scudding rain clouds, dank puddles and soggy socks. However, there are a few glimmers of hope. My 7.30am windswept dog walks are definitely getting lighter and there are hints of colour around: crocuses breaking through the soil, verdant shoots on the trees and the odd iridescent parakeet squawking overhead. Johannes Itten (1888-1967) was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, writer and one of the founding members of the Bauhaus school. He was quite a character, an advocate of using music and relaxation techniques to fire his students’ creativity and, more importantly perhaps,…
