Raymond G. Taylor
Bio
Author based in Kent, England. A writer of fictional short stories in a wide range of genres, he has been a non-fiction writer since the 1980s. Non-fiction subjects include art, history, technology, business, law, and the human condition.
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Taylor on art
Articles about art and artists, with exhibition reviews and a roundup of everything arty on Vocal. Latest articles Alison Lapper at Bethlem Museum of the Mind Lady Helen Lands in London Images of Wonder: A World in Common at Tate Modern Constable hits the news Of phones and photographs Marion Patrick: Dog's Head
By Raymond G. Taylor7 months ago in Art
Marion Patrick: Dog's Head
Marion Patrick is an artist you probably never heard of. Unless you have visited the Bethlem Museum of the Mind in Beckenham, a London suburb bordering Kent to the south east of England, you are unlikely to have seen her work. Patrick was a one-time resident at the Bethlem Royal Hospital, set in expansive leafy grounds just outside of the town.
By Raymond G. Taylor7 months ago in Art
Run with the Pack: Chapter 7
The wolf was almost upon him before Bahr could react. “Run whelp!” Bahr, facing the stranger, refused to run and stood his ground. Before him was a fearsome wolf, ragged from a hard winter but strong of jaw and fixed of stare. Other wolves appeared but remained several paces behind. The other wolves, all male, were not many but not one.
By Raymond G. Taylor7 months ago in Chapters
- Top Story - September 2023
Still looking for that item of interest to aliens?Top Story - September 2023
Entries into the Vocal Extraterrestrial challenge, so far, have been a lot of fun for the reader and writer alike. If you haven't already done so, or think you can come up with another poetic masterpiece, you still have seven whole days left to have a go and make yourself a winner. Yay!
By Raymond G. Taylor7 months ago in Writers
Run with the Pack: Chapter 6
Elha, the lone she-wolf, and Bahr, the lone bachelor wolf, continued to roam and patrol the forest in company. Sometimes the two-wolf grouping (for it could hardly be called a pack) would be led by Elha and sometimes Bahr would take the lead. Mostly, the two wolves would roam freely without giving much thought to their direction of travel but inevitably the direction of both wolves would end up being roughly the same. In this way, the two wolves moved in company together.
By Raymond G. Taylor7 months ago in Chapters
Art for our sake: six
A little break since edition five. Sorry 'bout that but been doing some art appreciation at Tate Modern, Tate Britain, and the Mall Gallery among others. Always so much to see in London and never enough time to see it all. At Tate Modern I met some lovely people too, from the UK, Europe and around the world, many from various US states. One family were visiting London from Washington D.C., reminding me of a wonderful but brief visit to the National Gallery Of Art some 30 years ago. There I also had a chance to take a look around the National Museum of Women in the Arts, then still in its early days. The featured image is of a portrait by the American impressionist Lilla Cabot Perry. A picture that is forever etched in my memory as I bought a poster copy which kept me company on the wall of my home business office for a number of years.
By Raymond G. Taylor7 months ago in Art
Run with the Pack: Chapter 5
Elha padded silently along the path, retracing her steps, and guided by the scent trail she had left the night before. Bahr followed a few paces behind. They had walked through the morning, past high Sun and on into the afternoon.
By Raymond G. Taylor7 months ago in Chapters
How to win a lottery
Mathematicians at the UK's University of Manchester claim to have hit on a reliable scientific method of guaranteeing a National Lottery win using only 27 number combinations. Reporting on the discovery, New Scientist explains that the method relies on a field known as finite geometry.
By Raymond G. Taylor8 months ago in 01