On Two Icons of the American West
In one of life’s great ironies both creator and his greatest creation died within a…
Author Paul Joyce
A King with Feet of Clay
The 74th Venice Film Festival opens this week, at which Robert Redford is being honoured…
Black Watch: An Arctic Adventure
Artist, photographer and all-round creative polymath, Paul Joyce, takes on one of cruise culture’s most…
Meeting with Henry Moore
Celebrated portrait photographer and film-maker, Paul Joyce, recalls a youthful narrow escape with the legendary…
I Want to be Number One!
“So our esteemed managing editor, Toby, throws me a curve ball knowing I will not be able to resist: a short but luxurious Venice weekend to launch a new upmarket cruise ship.”
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
Artist, photographer and filmmaker Paul Joyce takes an uncompromising look at David Hockney’s current exhibition at The Royal Academy, and muses over 30 years of friendship with the venerated artist…
White Nights in St. Petersburg
Paul Joyce battles the visa authorities to secure a pass into the stunning metropolis of St. Petersburg, for a cultural, historical and personal tour around one of Russia’s most beautiful cities.
Barbarella Forever
Jane Fonda as Barbarella is one of the enduring icons of 20th century cinema. As a young filmmaker in 1968, Paul Joyce was tasked with documenting the happenings on and around the set of that legendary psychedelic sci-fi romp…
There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills
When his classic Mercedes packs up one cold afternoon, leaving him stranded in the depths of South London, Paul Joyce finds solace in a good book, a great magazine, and discovers that he may just have the Midas touch…
Notes from a Venice Virgin
Travel writer Paul Joyce takes to the high seas for a virgin trip from Venice to Athens, by way of Dubrovnik. Armed with camera and notepad, he haggles, snaps and pens his way through a velocious Venetian adventure.
The Girl on the Downs: A Middle-Aged Mystery
The Dorset Downs in the swing of summer is a glorious place to be; even better when you have the company of an old friend. But Joyce and AP found that a wander through the woods can become a haunting stroll along memory lane.
A Gallivant in Galway
“Keep your heart in the suitcase and your eyes on the road,” were Paul Joyce’s parting comments about visiting Ireland as he left the office with a weekend case in one hand and his trusty camera in the other. The Galway Arts Festival had piqued his interest to return to the land of his ancestral roots; from Chekhov to Matisse to the resplendent Ashford Castle, the romance of Galway was hard to resist.
Written and illustrated by Paul Joyce.