Author Archives: Jessica Furseth

The Billfold, June 2015. Original article.  Staycations in the London summer I woke up by myself today in my little flat in Hackney. My husband is away for work, so I slept past 10 o’clock which I never do unless I’m alone. As much as I like company, I’m very good at being by myself,Continue reading “Staycations in the London summer”

This Recording, May 2015. Original article. In which we don’t believe in perfect Physical thrill There’s only a strip of canal visible across the courtyard, but that bit of canal is everything. I’m sitting at my new kitchen table with my laptop, looking up occasionally at the water: you can see the canal boats dockedContinue reading “Physical thrill”

Aquila Magazine (kids 8-12) – May 2015 Big Data: Finding the patterns in the noise We create over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day – that’s a lot of text, pictures, video and social media messages. Powerful computers can analyse this “Big Data” and find new patterns, and maybe even hints about the future.Continue reading “Big Data: Finding the patterns in the noise”

Aquila Magazine for kids, March 2015. Who was Marie Antoinette? Marie Antoinette was executed in the French Revolution. But was the last Queen of France really as out of touch as people thought? And did she really say that people who couldn’t afford bread should just eat cake instead? Marie Antoinette was born in 1755Continue reading “Who was Marie Antoinette?”

Whitehot Magazine, 2011. Original article. Michelangelo Pistoletto: The Mirror of Judgment The Serpentine Gallery, London.  Michelangelo Pistoletto has got us all working for him. The artwork displayed at the Serpentine is only part of the equation; the rest is up to us visitors, moving slowly through the maze of swirling cardboard. The corrugated paper windsContinue reading “Michelangelo Pistoletto: The Mirror of Judgment”

This Is Tomorrow, 2012. Original article.  Bouvard and Pécuchet’s Compendious Quest for Beauty David Roberts Art Foundation, London It is a good thing the word “compendium” features so prominently even before you enter the gallery, as it makes a helpful prelude of what is to come. “Where is the rule?” is what Bouvard and Pécuchet usedContinue reading “Bouvard and Pécuchet’s Compendious Quest for Beauty”

This Recording, February 2015. Original article. The little daylight I got on the plane – you always get on the plane in the end. I went to Norway thinking I could always go back to the city early if it got to be too much: the cold, the dark, the silence. I do that now,Continue reading “The little daylight”

Source Magazine, spring 2015. Original article. The weird, the wonderful, the Hackney WickED The Hackney WickED festival is a three-day explosion of the creativity of London’s most brilliant arts hub. But the community that’s the beating heart of Hackney Wick keeps the spirit alive all year round. Hackney Wick doesn’t feel like the rest of London –Continue reading “The weird, the wonderful and the WickED”

Whitehot Magazine, 2012. Original article. Buckminster Fuller: The Utopian Impulse San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 31 March – 29 July 2012 ‘Radical idealism’ is what Buckminster Fuller called it. It was the 1960s, a time when everything people had taken for granted was up in the air and the future was a place with minimalist design,Continue reading “Buckminster Fuller”

Escapism Magazine, February 2015. Original article (p64-68). Coffee houses of Melbourne, the caffeine addict’s paradise To tell you the honest truth: you don’t need any help to get good coffee in Melbourne. Australia’s second city is a haven for caffeine addicts, as you’d be pretty unlucky to get a bad cup. As mayor Robert DoyleContinue reading “Coffee houses of Melbourne”